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prettygoodwordobvolute (OB-vuh-loot) - adj., rolled or turned in itself, having overlapping margins.
As you can see, this isn't easy to describe without a diagram. Imagine a leaf or fern before it has opened, coiled in on itself such that the edges overlap -- that would be obvolute. Borrowed in the 1750s from Latin obvolūtus, past participle of obvolvere, to cover by wrapping, from ob- in the sense of over + volvere, to roll or turn.
And that wraps it up for the letter O. Tune in next time when Big Bird will say, "Gee, Grandma, what big words you have."
---L.
As you can see, this isn't easy to describe without a diagram. Imagine a leaf or fern before it has opened, coiled in on itself such that the edges overlap -- that would be obvolute. Borrowed in the 1750s from Latin obvolūtus, past participle of obvolvere, to cover by wrapping, from ob- in the sense of over + volvere, to roll or turn.
And that wraps it up for the letter O. Tune in next time when Big Bird will say, "Gee, Grandma, what big words you have."
---L.
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Date: 2010-07-16 04:06 pm (UTC)