Recent Examples on the WebAnd one ligneous masterpiece is more enviable than the next.—Jaimie Potters, ELLE Decor, 23 Dec. 2019 The Terminator, James Cameron’s dystopian hit about an unconquerable cyborg killing machine, gets the show’s most palpable allusion yet: an unbeatable enforcer with a motorbike and a single, ligneous facial expression.—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 July 2019
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Word History
Etymology
Latin ligneus, from lignum wood, probably from legere to gather — more at legend
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