foraminate

Or fo·ram·i·nous

[fuh-ram-uh-nit]

adjective

1. full of holes or foramina.

Other Word Forms

• foramination noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of foraminate¹

1590–1600; < Late Latin forāminātus bored, pierced, equivalent to forāmin- (stem of forāmen ) foramen + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

He was to be commended; therefore do I promise, that from henceforth no malefactor shall by justice be executed within my jurisdiction of Salmigondinois, who shall not, for a day or two at least before, be permitted to culbut and foraminate onocrotalwise, that there remain not in all his vessels to write a Greek Y. Such a precious thing should not be foolishly cast away.

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