See Also: babaco(dictionary)

illegible (iou) and babaco (iou)


illegible (iou)



illegible adjective. M17.
[from IL-2 + LEGIBLE.]
Not legible. M17.
D. Leavitt Her illegible messages zigzagging off the page in a pencil-breaking scrawl.
Incomprehensible to read. M18-E19.
illegi'bility noun the quality of being illegible E19.
illegibly adverb E19.

babaco (iou)



babaco noun. Pl. -os. E20.
[S. Amer. Spanish.]
An Ecuadorian tree, Carica pentagona, related to the papaya or pawpaw; the large yellow fruit of this tree, similar in shape to a marrow.