integument
English
WOTD – 7 April 2009
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin integumentum (“a covering”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/
- (US)
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Noun
integument (plural integuments)
- A shell or other outer protective layer.
- 2022, China Miéville, chapter 6, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, OCLC 1331706453:
- […] if we're moved by the book's condemnation of a world wounded by exploitation, where the drive for profit hobbles the mass of humanity, bolsters vast integuments of oppression and repression, […]
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- (biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
- 1984, Jack Vance, Rhialto the Marvellous:
- Sarsem became a naked young epicene in an integument of lavender scales with puffs of purple hair like pom-poms growing down his back.
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- (botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.
- 1920, D.H. Lawrence, Women in Love, ch. 1:
- Her active living was suspended, but underneath, in the darkness, something was coming to pass. If only she could break through the last integuments!
- 1920, D.H. Lawrence, Women in Love, ch. 1:
Derived terms
- integumental
- integumentary
Related terms
- tegument
Translations
outer protective covering of body
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outer layer of an ovule
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See also
- bitegmic
- endotegmic
- exotegmic
- mesotegmic
- unitegmic
Romanian
Etymology
From French integumentum, from Latin integumentum.
Noun
integument n (plural integumente)
- integument
Declension
Declension of integument
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) integument | integumentul | (niște) integumente | integumentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) integument | integumentului | (unor) integumente | integumentelor |
vocative | integumentule | integumentelor |