Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Variegated in color; rich and silvery as if made of tissue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Clothed in, or adorned with,
tissue . - adjective
variegated
Etymologies
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Examples
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It all started when my vein was "tissued" - my IV tube slipped out of the vein and the medicine was pumped into the tissue by mistake.
Prospect Magazine Laban 2003
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It all started when my vein was "tissued" - my IV tube slipped out of the vein and the medicine was pumped into the tissue by mistake.
Archive 2003-11-23 Laban 2003
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Clad in a rosy-tissued and flowing house gown, she again reminded Saxon of a flower.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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It is only the hardiest and cleverest of students who can salvage the sonnet from this many-tissued package.
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It is only the hardiest and cleverest of students who can salvage the sonnet from this many-tissued package.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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When merchandise arrives, it's tissued and neatly packaged in one of the retailer's signature gift boxes.
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Which brings up endless scenarios of weather, air pollution, and even a raging smallpox epidemic affecting changes to the epithelial surface and tissued structure of buildings.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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Which brings up endless scenarios of weather, air pollution, and even a raging smallpox epidemic affecting changes to the epithelial surface and tissued structure of buildings.
Transgenic Zoo 2006
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The happy do not feel poverty — for delight is as a gold-tissued robe, and crowns them with priceless gems.
The Last Man 2003
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I seemed at last approaching the insensibility which had always been beyond my reach: but a delectable land: for one born so slug-tissued that nothing this side fainting would let his spirit free.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003
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