penannular
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prettygoodwordpenannular (pen-AN-yuh-ler) - adj., having nearly the form of a ring.
Or nearly annular -- a circle with a break in it. Some solar eclipses are penannular, as are various kinds of broaches and arm-bands. From Latin roots: pen-, the combining form of pene-, almost, before a vowel + annular, from Änulus, ring.
---L.
Or nearly annular -- a circle with a break in it. Some solar eclipses are penannular, as are various kinds of broaches and arm-bands. From Latin roots: pen-, the combining form of pene-, almost, before a vowel + annular, from Änulus, ring.
---L.
