Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Ff: Fenestrate

adj.
1. Architecture Having windows or windowlike openings.
2. Biology Having fenestrae.

[From Latin fenestrtus, past participle of fenestrre, to furnish with windows, from fenestra, window.]

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In Context:

Coy was first in line, wearing a much too large helmet, his apparel scribbled over with words he didn't know: futile and fenestrate.

Love is the Crooked Thing- Lee K. Abbot


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