Complete Definition of "divaricated"

English
Etymology
Participle adjective of divaricate.

Pronunciation
IPA: /d�ɪ'væɹɪkeɪtɪd/

Adjective
divaricated

  1. spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem

#:*1922: The warm impress of her warm form. Even to sit where a woman has sat, especially with divaricated thighs, as though to grant the last favours, most especially with previously well uplifted white sateen coatpans. � James Joyce, Ulysses

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