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English
Etymology
Blend of formaldehyde + aldose. May be decomposed as form- + -ose
Adjective
formose (not comparable)
- (organic chemistry) Pertaining to the formose reaction (“Butlerov reaction”)
Italian
Adjective
formose
- feminine plural of formoso
Latin
Etymology
From fōrmōsus (“beautiful, handsome”).
Adverb
fōrmōsē (comparative fōrmōsius, superlative fōrmōsissimē)
- gracefully
References
- “formose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “formose”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- formose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Lithuanian
Noun
formose f
- locative plural of forma