patulous

patulous
open; spread; exposed

The crowd is looking patulous today, vulnerable to the weather and covering a wide area.


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  • Patulous — Pat u*lous, a. [L. patulus, fr. patere to be open, extend.] Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers. [1913 Webster] The eyes are large and patulous. Sir J. Hill …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • patulous — index open (unclosed) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • patulous — [pa′tyo͞o ləs, pach′ələs] adj. [L patulus < patere, to stretch out: see FATHOM] Bot. standing open, or spreading patulously adv. patulousness n …   English World dictionary

  • patulous — adjective Etymology: Latin patulus, from patēre to be open more at fathom Date: 1616 spreading widely from a center < a tree with patulous branches > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • patulous — SYN: patent. [L. patulus, fr. pateo, to lie open] * * * pat·u·lous pach ə ləs adj spread widely apart: wide open or distended <a patulous eustachian tube> pat·u·lous·ness n * * * pat·u·lous (patґu ləs) [L. patulus] spreading widely… …   Medical dictionary

  • Patulous Eustachian tube — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Patulous Eustachian tube ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|381.7 ICDO = Caption = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = ent eMedicineTopic = 359 DiseasesDB = Patulous Eustachian tube, also known as patent Eustachian tube, is the… …   Wikipedia

  • patulous — adj. [L. patulus, standing open] Spreading; expanded; distended; having a wide aperture …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • patulous — patulously, adv. patulousness, n. /pach euh leuhs/, adj. 1. open; gaping; expanded. 2. Bot. a. spreading, as a tree or its boughs. b. spreading slightly, as a calyx. c. bearing the flowers loose or dispersed, as a peduncle. [1610 20; < L patulus… …   Universalium

  • patulous — pætjÉ™lÉ™s adj. open, not closed; spread, expanded …   English contemporary dictionary

  • patulous — [ patjʊləs] adjective literary spreading wide, like the branches of a tree. Origin C17: from L. patulus (from patere be or lie open ) + ous …   English new terms dictionary

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