pulvinate
English
Etymology
Latin pulvinatus, from pulvinus (“a cushion, an elevation”).
Adjective
pulvinate (comparative more pulvinate, superlative most pulvinate)
- (architecture) Curved convexly or swelled.
- a pulvinated frieze
- (zoology) Having the form of a cushion.
Synonyms
- pulvinated
Derived terms
- subpulvinate
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pulvinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Adjective
pulvīnāte
- vocative masculine singular of pulvīnātus