English

Noun

pannicle ‎(plural pannicles)

1. (anatomy, zoology) A membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.
2. (obsolete, medicine) A pannus.
3. (obsolete, rare) The skull.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:

     To him he turned, and with rigour fell / Smote him so rudely on the Pannikell, / That to the chin he cleft his head in twaine [...].

Anagrams

• pinnacle

Middle French

Etymology

From Late Latin panniculus ‎(“membrane”), from Latin panniculus ‎(“small rag”), from pannus ‎(“cloth”).

Noun

pannicle f (plural pannicles)

1. pannicle (membrane)

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin panniculus ‎(“membrane”), from Latin panniculus ‎(“small rag”), from pannus ‎(“cloth”).

Noun

pannicle f ‎(oblique plural pannicles, nominative singular pannicle, nominative plural pannicles)

1. pannicle (membrane)