lăcĭnĭōsus, a, um, adj. [lacinia], full of folds, full of lappets, full of corners, projections, or indentations, indented, jagged (post-Aug.).
I Lit.: metatus est Eam (urbem) ... ad effigiem Macedonicae chlamydis orbe gyrato laciniosam, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62: corporis laciniosae pomparum et deliciarum ineptiae, Tert. Cult. Fem. 9: ostrea spondylo brevi, nec fibris lacinioso, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60: folia, id. 25, 10, 76, § 124.—
II Trop., qs., impeded, entangled with lappets or fringes; overloaded, redundant : animi imbecillitas, Ap. Mag. p. 287, 31: vita et implicita, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 29: sermo, id. Verg. Vel. 4.— Sup. : haec Porphyrius sermone laciniosissimo prosecutus est (al. latissimo), Hier. in Dan. 11, 22.—* Adv.: lăcĭnĭōsē , like lappets, with lappets , Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 226 (al. lacunosa est).