folious
English
Etymology
See foliose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfəʊliəs/
Adjective
folious (comparative more folious, superlative most folious)
- Like a leaf; thin; insubstantial.
- c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton […]; and Mr. [John] Morphew […], published 1716, →OCLC:
- folious appearances , and not the central and vital interiors of truth
- (botany) foliose
References
- “folious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.