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gladiate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glad-i-ate
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sword-shaped.

verb

To fight as a gladiator, to digladiate.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin gladius (“sword”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more gladiate (comparative) most gladiate (superlative) gladiates (present, singular) gladiating (participle, present) gladiated (participle, past) gladiated (past)

Questions

What does gladiate mean?
Sword-shaped.
Where does gladiate come from?
From Latin gladius (“sword”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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