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capistrate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
capis-trate
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hooded, cowled.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capistrātus, participial adjective from capistrō (“to halter”), from capistrum (“halter”) + -ō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions

What does capistrate mean?
Hooded, cowled.
Where does capistrate come from?
Borrowed from Latin capistrātus, participial adjective from capistrō (“to halter”), from capistrum (“halter”) + -ō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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