aciform

[ as-uh-fawrm ]

adjective

1. needle-shaped; acicular.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aciform¹

1840–50; < Latin aci- (combining form of acus needle; acicula ) + -form

Example Sentences

Neeld, Neele: any slender, pointed instrument like a needle, as the magnet or movable bar of a compass, or for knitting, etching, &c.: anything sharp and pointed, like a pinnacle of rock, &c.: an aciform crystal: a temporary support used by builders to sustain while repairing, being a strong beam resting on props: the long, narrow, needle-like leaf of a pine-tree.—v.t. to form into a shape like a needle, as crystals: to work with a needle.—v.i. to become of the shape of needles, as crystals.—ns.

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