Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decurtate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-cur-tate
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shortened, curtailed.

verb

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Bána […] lopped off his own hands and feet […] In this decurtate condition he dictated a poem of a hundred couplets."
"Other writers there are, that would haue him signifie Tyme, as that with his sythe he should measure and proportionise the length of Time, and therewith to decurtate and cut away all things contained therein."

Etymology

First attested around the beginning of the 16th century; borrowed from Latin dēcurtātus, perfect passive participle of dēcurtō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of decurt.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more decurtate (comparative) most decurtate (superlative) decurtates (present, singular) decurtating (participle, present) decurtated (participle, past) decurtated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

decurtation

Questions

What does decurtate mean?: Shortened, curtailed.
Where does decurtate come from?: First attested around the beginning of the 16th century; borrowed from Latin dēcurtātus, perfect passive participle of dēcurtō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of decurt.

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