different between borderline vs fimbriated

English

Etymology

border +? line

Adjective

borderline (comparative more borderline, superlative most borderline)

1. nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.

2. Showing bad taste.

3. Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.

Derived terms

• borderline case
• borderline personality disorder
• borderliner

Translations

Adverb

borderline (not comparable)

1. nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent

Translations

Noun

borderline (plural borderlines)

1. A boundary or accepted division; a border.

2. An individual who has borderline personality disorder.
   • 1995, Eugene E. Levitt, Edward Earl Gotts, The Clinical Application of MMPI Special Scales (page 80)

Translations

Verb

borderline (third-person singular simple present borderlines, present participle borderlining, simple past and past participle borderlined)

1. (transitive) To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.

Translations

Spanish

Noun

borderline m or f (plural borderlines)

1. (colloquial) Someone with borderline personality disorder

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?m.b?i.e?.t?d/

Etymology 1

Past participle of fimbriate.

Adjective

fimbriated (not comparable)

1. Having a fringed border:

   Synonyms: fimbriate, fringed

   1. (biology) Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
   2. (heraldry) Having a narrow borderline, typically of a specified tincture.

Translations

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

fimbriated

1. simple past tense and past participle of fimbriate

References

• “fimbriated”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “fimbriated”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).