tegular
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- adjective
- /ˈtɛɡjələr/
- The building’s roof had a distinctive tegular pattern that caught the afternoon sun.
Examples
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The lizard’s scales formed a regular, tegular arrangement along its back.
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The roof had a beautiful tegular design.
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Her design features a tegular layout, making the floor easy to clean and visually striking.
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They chose tegular tiles for the kitchen floor.
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The architect designed a beautiful roof with tegular tiles that added elegance to the building.
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The patio was adorned with tegular pavers arranged in a stunning geometric pattern.
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Her artwork included a tegular motif, reflecting the harmonious arrangement of tiles.
Synonyms
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8.4
A surface covered with small shapes like tiles that fit closely together
How Tiled
Surface Forms
Morphology
tegular = tegula (opaque) = tegula + ar
Formed from Latin tegula + adjectival suffix '-ar'; the connection to common English 'tile' is not obvious to average learners, so the meaning is not transparently derived.
Etymology
The word tegular comes from the Latin word tegula, which means 'tile' and is the root of the English word tile. So, tegular means 'tile-like' or 'arranged like tiles', which is why we use it for patterns or surfaces that look like tiles.