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Definition of Araneous
1. a. Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid.
Definition of Araneous
1. Adjective. Extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Araneous
1. cobwebby [adj] - See also: cobwebby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Araneous
Literary usage of Araneous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electricity and the Methods of Its Employment in Removing Superfluous Hair by Plymmon Sandford Hayes (1910)
"If you have chosen the larger trunk, as for instance the central vessel in the
araneous variety, a single application may do all that is required. ..."
2. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1870)
"And in the canals or apertures of the sponge are small crabs, which by opening
and closing a sort of araneous net work over the apertures, do catch small ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1847)
"... the chorion which must have somewhat advanced had been left behind, for around
the ovum hung an araneous structure, which appeared to be the incipient ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... •which resembles a cobweb ; a fine thin transparent membrane, lying between
the dura and pia mater. araneous ..."
5. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"H. Derham, as quoted by Richardson, uses the word araneous. Sweep th'arron* down,
till all be clean, neer Hn, ..."
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