a. [f. SPATUL-A + -OUS.] Resembling a spatula in form; spatulate.
1828. Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 439. Cells … slightly clavate or spatulous.
1865. Spectator, 14 Jan., 39/2. The forefinger…, if pointed, shows a tendency to mysticism;… if spreading, or ‘spatulous,’ to a restless, active, religious spirit.
1889. Mrs. Lynn Linton, Thro’ Long Night, I. I. ii. 19–20. Sly may … splash his spatulous fingers in rose-water.
