foraminate
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- foramination noun
Etymology
Origin of foraminate
1590–1600; < Late Latin forāminātus bored, pierced, equivalent to forāmin- (stem of forāmen ) foramen + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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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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