araphorostic

adjective

ar·​a·​pho·​ros·​tic

¦arəfə¦rästik

variants or araphostic

¦⸗⸗¦fästik

: lacking seams : unsewed

an araphorostic shoe

Word History

Etymology

irregularly from Greek arrhaphos (from a- a- entry 2 + -rhaphos, from rhaptein to sew) + English -ic

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