Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fastigiate

/fæˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: fasti-giate
IPA: /fæˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ət/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Erect and parallel.

adj

Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches

adj

Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.

adj

Tapering to a point

Obsolete

noun

A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.

Example Sentences

"The branches of this species are fastigiate."
"This is a fastigiate variety."
"The grains are 3-colporate and fastigiate."
"We ascended the top of that noted hill, called Roseberry, or Ounsberry Topping, the top whereof is fastigiate, like a sugar-loaf, and serves for a sea-mark […]"
"An evening spent with a good catalogue or gardening encyclopaedia will reveal an astonishingly wide range of both weepers and fastigiates."

Etymology

From New Latin fastīgiātus (“peaked”) (from fastīgium), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Word Breakdown

Root: fastīgiātus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more fastigiate (comparative) most fastigiate (superlative) fastigiates (plural)

Derived Forms

fastigiated fastigiation subfastigiate

Questions

How do you pronounce fastigiate?: The recorded pronunciation is /fæˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ət/.
What does fastigiate mean?: Erect and parallel.
Where does fastigiate come from?: From New Latin fastīgiātus (“peaked”) (from fastīgium), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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