Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or resembling a tile.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile; consisting of tiles.
- In entomology, covering, as a sclerite, the base of an insect's wing; of or pertaining to a tegula.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile, or arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling or relating to a
tile ; arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a series of tiles
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Latin tēgula, tile, from tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Latin tegularis, from Latin tegula a tile. See tile.
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Examples
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52james commented on the word tegular
In Ada: ". . .the tegular pattern of her brilliant plumage which Tresham had rendered with ornithological skill."
July 17, 2020