multangular, a. (n.)
(mʌlˈtæŋgjʊlə(r))
[ad. mod.L. multangulāris: see multi- and angular. Cf. F. multangulaire.]
A. adj. Having many angles; many-angled; polygonal.
| 1679 Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) xxxv. §21 Some [leaves] round; others long, Oval, Multangular, indented. 1683 Phil. Trans. XIII. 238 A..Multangular-Tower at York. 1751 R. Paltock P. Wilkins xxxix, Pikes—some headed with sharp-pointed stone, others with multangular stone. 1831 Carlyle Misc., Taylor's Germ. Poetry (1840) III. 250 Grim boughs dishevelled in multangular complexity. 1875 Blake Zool. 210 The body covered either with multangular scutes or with spines and rough scales. |
B. n. rare. A polygon.
| 1766 Complete Farmer 7 E 2 Regular multangulars take their names from their number of angles. |
Hence mulˈtangularly adv., mulˈtangularness.
| 1701 Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. iii. 14 Granates are Multangularly Round. 1727 Bailey vol. II, Multangularness, the having many Angles. |