infusorial
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of infusorial
First recorded in 1840–50; Infusori(a) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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And as in any drop of ditch water, the action in Cain's tales is of infusorial violence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Parts of the lake seen from a short distance appeared of a reddish colour, and this perhaps was owing to some infusorial animalcula.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles
My infusorial, on the contrary, is entire, and yet is fed till it grows to a giant-snake,–but that is quite as wonderful.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul
For the final polishing, a little infusorial earth or even kaolin will do.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles)
And does not one in those years look upon precisely such a students' chamber as this as a spiritual students' endowment of genius, and every chaos as an infusorial one full of life?
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich
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