lanuginose

Also la·nu·gi·nous

[luh-noo-juh-nohs, -nyoo-]

adjective

1. covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.

2. of the nature of down; downy.

Other Word Forms

• lanuginousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lanuginose¹

1685–95; < Latin lānūginōsus downy, woolly, equivalent to lānūgin- (stem of lānūgō; lanugo ) + -ōsus -ose ¹

Example Sentences

Crinite -us: with tufts of long thin hair: see lanuginose.

From Project Gutenberg

Lanuginose -us: with long, curled hair dispersed over the surface: see crinitus.

From Project Gutenberg