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  1. foraminousadjective

    Covered with holes or foramina.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Foraminousadjective

    Full of holes; perforated in many places; porous.

    Etymology: from foramen, Latin.

    Soft and foraminous bodies, in the first creation of the sound, will deaden it; but in the passage of the sound they will admit it better than harder bodies. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Foraminousadjective

    having foramina; full of holes; porous

  2. Etymology: [L. foraminosus.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of foraminous in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of foraminous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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