Thursday word: penannular
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1word1daypenannular (pen-AN-yuh-lar) - adj., having the shape of an almost complete ring.
A ring with a gap. I have usually heard this in terms of eclipses of the sun, as this:
However, researching for this post I find that the predominant usage is talking about brooches, especially Celtic brooches. The word was coined in the 1850s from Latin roots pene-, almost + annular, ring-shaped.
His cloak was pinned at his shoulder with a penannular silver brooch.
---L.
A ring with a gap. I have usually heard this in terms of eclipses of the sun, as this:
However, researching for this post I find that the predominant usage is talking about brooches, especially Celtic brooches. The word was coined in the 1850s from Latin roots pene-, almost + annular, ring-shaped.
His cloak was pinned at his shoulder with a penannular silver brooch.
---L.
