See Also: decretive(dictionary)

membrane (oh) and decretive (iou)


membrane (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: membrana 'skin', from membrum; MEMBER]
a very thin piece of skin that covers or connects parts of your body
::Loud noise can damage the delicate membrane in the ear.
a very thin layer of material that covers something
-- membranous /5membrEnEs/ adj

decretive (iou)



decretive adjective. E17.
[from Latin decret- pa. ppl stem of decernere DECERN + -IVE.]
Of the Nature of, involving, or relating to a decree.