angular

angular
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Coming to an angle]
Syn. sharp-cornered, intersecting, crossing, oblique, divaricate, with corners, V-shaped, Y-shaped, crotched, forked, bent, akimbo, bifurcate(d), crooked, pointed, triangular, rectangular, scraggy, jagged, staggered, zigzag.
Ant. round*, parallel, side-by-side.
2. [Tall and bony]
Syn. lank, lean, gaunt, rawboned, bony, awkward, ungainly, lanky, stiff, spindly, spare, gangling, gawky, scrawny, clumsy.
Ant. round*, plump, fleshy.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. bent crooked, bending, elbowed, doglegged, cornered.
2. rawboned gaunt, bony, lean, spindly, lanky, spare, scrawny, anorexic, skeletonlike.
ANT.: 1. straight, flat. 2. fat, fleshy, beefy, plump
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Having little flesh or fat on the body: bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean2, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See FAT.

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  • Angular — An gu*lar, n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Angŭlar — (v. lat.), eckig, winkelig. Daher Angulararterie (Arteria angularis), Zweig der Gesichtspulsader, s. Kopfarterien; Angularsystem, so v.w. Tenaillirtes System …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • angular — adj. 2 g. 1. Que forma ou tem ângulo ou ângulos. 2. Do ângulo. 3. Diz se da pedra que forma o cunhal do edifício.   ‣ Etimologia: latim angularis, e   • Confrontar: angolar …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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