navicular

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
19
Letters
9

Definition of navicular

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Shaped like a boat.
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adj

  1. Shaped like a boat.
  2. Relating to boats.
    “Sooth to say, as far so^([sic]) workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went "home," looking as if "they'd grow'd in the'oods" — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole.”

noun

  1. A navicular bone.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

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