pomaceous

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

pomaceous (poh-MAY-shus) - adj., of or relating to apples; resembling a pome.


A pome being "a fleshy fruit (as an apple or pear) consisting of an outer thickened fleshy layer and a central core with usually five seeds enclosed in a capsule" -- so sayth Merriam-Webster, but I confess I've never seen it used. Unlike pomaceous, which I have. Adopted around the 1706 from Late Latin pōmāceus, from pōmum, apple, fruit -- but I've no idea where that comes from, as classical Latin for apple is malus.

Jim's last batch of cider was chock full of pomaceous goodness.

Mmm, cider.

---L.

Comments

[fidgetspin.livejournal.com]

Interesting, I use "pome" semi-regularly (I regularly carry over technical botanical terms in food writing) but never "pomaceous." Thanks for the word!

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Innnnnteresting.

---L.

[nerdfury.livejournal.com]

Where do you think we get the French pomme from? :D

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Same root, of course. I'd heard of it used in French of course, but never English. Live and learn.

---L.

[nerdfury.livejournal.com]

Well, if you consider that Engkish basically mugs all other languages in dark alley-ways and steals their words, you might suggest that the French root was basically the English word. :P