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rhomboides

rhomboides noun: a rhomboid.

Noun

rhomboides (plural rhomboides)

  1. (obsolete) A rhomboid.
    • they would request us to endure still the rustling of their silken cassocks, and that we would burst our Midriffs, rather than laugh to see them under sail in all their lawn and sarcenet, their shrouds and tackle, with a Geometrical Rhomboides upon their heads1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC
    • In the firſt Courſe there was a Shoulder of Mutton, cut into an Æquilateral Triangle, a Piece of Beef into a Rhomboides, and a Pudding into a Cycloid.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London...

Forms of rhomboides

pluralrhomboides

Origin of rhomboides

From the Latin rhomboīdēs.

Questions about rhomboides

What does rhomboides mean?
Rhomboides means a rhomboid.
What part of speech is rhomboides?
Rhomboides is a noun.
What is the plural of rhomboides?
The plural of rhomboides is rhomboides.

Words near rhomboides in the dictionary

  1. rhomboid protease
  2. rhomboid proteases
  3. rhomboidal
  4. rhomboidally
  5. rhomboidei
  6. rhomboides
  7. rhomboideum
  8. rhomboideus
  9. rhomboidly
  10. rhomboids
  11. rhombomere

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