favaginous

English

Etymology

Obscure formation from Latin favus (“honeycomb”). Compare deluginous (where the -in- is also unexpected); most -ginous terms derive from Latin words ending in g being suffixed with -īnus (“-inous”).

Adjective

favaginous (comparative more favaginous, superlative most favaginous)

  1. (obsolete) Resembling a honeycomb; cellular.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 181:
      A like ordination there is in the favaginous Sockets, and Lozenge seeds of the noble flower of the Sunne.
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