spongiose
English
Alternative forms
- spongious
Etymology
From Latin spongiosus, spongeosus. Compare French spongieux. See sponge.
Adjective
spongiose (comparative more spongiose, superlative most spongiose)
- Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities.
- spongious bones
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 spongiose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Italian
Adjective
spongiose
- feminine plural of spongioso
Latin
Adjective
spongiōse
- vocative masculine singular of spongiōsus