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ovular

ovular adjective: of or pertaining to an ovule.

Adjective

ovular (comparative more ovular, superlative most ovular)

  1. Of or pertaining to an ovule.
  2. (rare) Oval.
    • There were lights across the street and an ovular pool of light from Noah’s window on the grass between her and the back fence.2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 244

Noun

ovular (plural ovulars)

  1. (rare) A seminar for feminists.
    • Trebilco considers 'seminar' offensively 'masculinist', so she has replaced it with ovular, which she regards as its feminist equivalent.1994, Christina Hoff Sommers, Who Stole Feminism?

ovular meaning in Tamil

ovular in Tamil

சூல் சார்ந்த, சூல் தன்மையுடைய

Forms of ovular

Adjective
comparativemore ovular
superlativemost ovular
Noun
pluralovulars

Origin of ovular

From ovule + -ar. In the feminist sense, chosen as an opposite to seminar because of that term's etymological link with semen, the male sexual fluid.

Words formed from ovular

Questions about ovular

What does ovular mean?
Ovular means of or pertaining to an ovule.
What is ovular in Tamil?
Ovular in Tamil is சூல் சார்ந்த, சூல் தன்மையுடைய. See Ovular meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ovular?
Ovular can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ovular in the dictionary

  1. Ovsiankina effect
  2. Ovsiankina effects
  3. OVT
  4. ovuh
  5. ovula
  6. ovular
  7. ovularian
  8. ovulars
  9. ovulary
  10. ovulate
  11. ovulated

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