🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

laciniado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lɐsiˈnaɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lacinate/ˈlæs.ɪ.neɪt/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A planta apresenta folhas com margens laciniadas."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Cut into deep, narrow, irregular segments or lobes; slashed or fringed.

    "The rare fern featured distinctly lacinate fronds that trailed gracefully along the forest floor."
  2. 2

    Torn or jagged in appearance, resembling fringes or tattered edges.

    "The old manuscript had lacinate margins that required careful handling by the archivist."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'laciniatus', meaning furnished with fringes or torn, stemming from 'lacinia' meaning a fringe, flap, or garment hem. It entered English in the 19th century primarily as a botanical and anatomical term describing ragged or deeply cleft structures.

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