contexture

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for contexture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Noun

contexture (plural contextures)

  1. A weaving together of parts.
  2. A body or structure made by interweaving or assembling parts.
  3. The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing.
  4. The structural character of a thing.
    • Sir H. Wotton
      He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
      Mr Blifil, I am confident, understands himself better than to think of seeing my niece any more this morning, after what hath happened. Women are of a nice contexture; and our spirits, when disordered, are not to be recomposed in a moment.
  5. Context

References

  • contexture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɛks.tyʁ/

Noun

contexture f (plural contextures)

  1. contexture

Further reading

Latin

Participle

contextūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of contextūrus
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