Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

digitate

/ˈdɪdʒɪtət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: dig-i-tate
IPA: /ˈdɪdʒɪtət/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having digits, fingers or things shaped like fingers; fingerlike

adj

Having parts that spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner.

verb

To point out as with one's finger, indicate.

Obsolete

verb

To spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner.

Example Sentences

"The supine resting on Water onely by retention of Air[…]doth digitate a reason."
"But what is most worthy of notice is, that the greater number of muscular fibres arising from the coracoid and radio-ulnar bones form a pectoral muscle, superficial to the other fibres of the great lateral, and digitating with them along the side of the fish opposite the extremities of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth ribs."

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1661, the verb in 1657; the adjective was borrowed from Latin digitātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), the verb from digitātus, perfect passive participle of digitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

digitates (present, singular) digitating (participle, present) digitated (participle, past) digitated (past)

Derived Forms

bidigitate digitately multidigitate paridigitate polydigitate quadridigitate quinquedigitate sexdigitate subdigitate tridigitate unidigitate digitation

Frequently Paired Words

palmate digit digital

Synonyms

fingerlike

Questions

How do you pronounce digitate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɪdʒɪtət/.
What does digitate mean?: Having digits, fingers or things shaped like fingers; fingerlike
Where does digitate come from?: The adjective is first attested in 1661, the verb in 1657; the adjective was borrowed from Latin digitātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), the verb from digitātus, perfect passive participle of digitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)).

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