nodous

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊdəs/

Adjective

nodous (comparative more nodous, superlative most nodous)

1. (obsolete) Nodose; knotty.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Ring-finger”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 4th book, page 157:

     [T]his [the ring finger of the hand] is ſeldom or laſt of all affected with the Gout, and when that becometh nodous, men continue not long after.