navicular

Definition

Shaped like a boat.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Example Sentences

• "Sooth to say, as far so^([sic]) workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went "home," looking as if "they'd grow'd in the'oods" — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole."