Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A turning; a byway.
- noun In anatomy, a diverticulum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A turning; a byway; a bypath.
- noun (Anat.) A diverticulum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
turning ; abyway . - noun anatomy, obsolete A
diverticulum .
Etymologies
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Latin diverticulum, deverticulum, a bypath, from divertere to turn away.
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Examples
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But this curious note seeming fitter to have been plac’d in our chapter of Pruning, (upon which this learned gentleman has given us his experience) I beg pardon for this diverticle, and return to my subject.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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