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rivulose (RIV-yuh-lohs) - adj., marked with thin, irregular, winding or crooked lines.
Most commonly used in botany, describing markings on e.g. leaves, but I can see many other fruitful uses. Coined from Latin rivulus, rivulet (diminutive of rīvus, brook/channel, from PIE *h₃riH-wó-s, the root of our river) + English adjectival ending -ose, alternate form of -ous esp. for stressed final syllables. (That last tidbit being my TIL, the difference between -ous and -ose.)
---L.
Most commonly used in botany, describing markings on e.g. leaves, but I can see many other fruitful uses. Coined from Latin rivulus, rivulet (diminutive of rīvus, brook/channel, from PIE *h₃riH-wó-s, the root of our river) + English adjectival ending -ose, alternate form of -ous esp. for stressed final syllables. (That last tidbit being my TIL, the difference between -ous and -ose.)
---L.
