setose

Other forms of setose

comparative

setoser·

superlative

setosest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about setose

What does setose mean?

setose means "having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.".

How many syllables are in setose?

setose has 2 syllables: se-tose. The stress falls on "se".

What is another word for setose?

Close synonyms include barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is setose a common word?

setose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.