hamose

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hamose

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Learned borrowing from Latin hāmōsus (“hooklike, or having hooks”, from hāmus (“hook”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -having”)). By surface analysis, hamus + -ose. Piecewise doublet of hamous.

adjective more hamose · most hamose

Having the end hooked or curved.
Similar: hamous

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@misc{hamose_2026,
  title = {hamose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hamose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}