Pronunciation: ' ē -sh ē - ə m, ' ē -s ē -
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cia \ -sh ē - ə , -s ē - \
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek aikia outrage, assault, from aik ē s, aeik ē s unseemly, from a- + -eik ē s, from eikenai to seem
Date: 1905
: the fruiting body of a rust fungus in which the first binucleate spores are usually produced
– ae · cial \ -sh( ē -) ə l \ adjective