fibrillose
/ˈfɪbɹɪləʊs/adjective
fibrillose is an adjective meaning “Covered with fibrils, such as fungi or the undersurface of some lichens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-B-R-I-L-L-O-S-E, and it appears about once in every 74 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fibrillose mean?
adjective
- 1
Covered with fibrils, such as fungi or the undersurface of some lichens.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fibrillose?
- /ˈfɪbɹɪləʊs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fibrillose
- more fibrillose comparative
- most fibrillose superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fibrillose?
Fibrillose appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fibrillose in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense covered with hair-like appendages:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | fibriloso |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.