tegument
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Definition of tegument
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncommon)Something which covers; a covering or coating.
“1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)”
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noun
-
(uncommon)Something which covers; a covering or coating.
“1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)”
- (obsolete)A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.
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Etymology
Also in late Middle English, borrowed from Latin tegumentum (“a cover”), from tegere (“to cover, clothe”, verb) + -mentum (suffix forming nouns). Compare integument.
Words you can make from tegument
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31 words- GEM 6 pts
- GUM 6 pts
- MEG 6 pts
- MUG 6 pts
- EME 5 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- MEN 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MUN 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GEE 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GNU 4 pts
- GUN 4 pts
- GUT 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- NUG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
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- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- TUT 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
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