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scrobiculate

scrobiculate adjective: having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.

scrobiculate: having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted
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Adjective

scrobiculate (comparative more scrobiculate, superlative most scrobiculate)

  1. Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.
    • The man who had been standing in the doorway stepped forward to greet them. No pheretrer he! His luteous face, scrobiculate by some unspeakable disease, was further disfigured by an anoopsia.1958 May 9, Strix [pseudonym], “English Spoken Here”, in The Spectator, volume 200, number 6776, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 585, column 2

scrobiculate meaning in Tamil

scrobiculate in Tamil

வடுக்களுள்ள, குழிவிழுந்த

Forms of scrobiculate

comparativemore scrobiculate
superlativemost scrobiculate
alternative formscrobiculated

Origin of scrobiculate

From Latin scrobicula /scrobiculus + -ate, diminutive of scrobis (“a ditch or trench”).

Questions about scrobiculate

What does scrobiculate mean?
Scrobiculate means having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.
What is scrobiculate in Tamil?
Scrobiculate in Tamil is வடுக்களுள்ள, குழிவிழுந்த. See Scrobiculate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scrobiculate?
Scrobiculate is an adjective.

Words near scrobiculate in the dictionary

  1. scrobes
  2. scrobic
  3. scrobicula
  4. scrobiculae
  5. scrobicular
  6. scrobiculate
  7. scrobiculated
  8. scrobiculately
  9. scrobiculi
  10. scrobiculus
  11. scrobitulation

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