Imbricated

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective

English

Etymology

Participle adjective of imbricate.

Pronunciation

IPA: /'ɪmbɹɪkeɪtɪd/

Adjective

imbricated

1. overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined

   • 1965: He stopped speaking for a moment, like a man walking who comes to a brink; perhaps it was an artful pause, but it made the stars, the night, seem to wait, as if story, narration, history, lay imbricated in the nature of things; and the cosmos was for the story, not the story for the cosmos. — John Fowles, The Magus