16 August 2010

premorse (adjective): meaning? http://thokozanim.blogspot.com has the answer

premorse (adjective):

Pertaining to the end of something irregularly shortened, as if bitten or broken off.


Premorse originates in botany and derives from the Latin praemorsus, "bitten off in front." Notice the relationship to morsel.


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