Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jugate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: ju-gate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Forming a pair.

noun

A portrait which depicts two side-by-side subjects with relative proximity.

Example Sentences

"Fore and hind wings are jugate."
"Although the portrait design is jugate, the medal could serve to honor — individually — the many victories of one and the singular and ambitious failure of the other."
"Western honey mesquite is distinguished from P. velutina by its jugate leaves and relatively narrow, often large, and rather widely spaced leaflets."
"More than 50 celluloid and lithographed tin political jugates [i.e., pinback buttons with jugate portraits] made since 1896 sold at three different summer auctions […] You can find jugate trays, posters, badges and ribbons, too."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iugātus (“yoked together in pairs”), perfect passive participle of iugō (“to yoke”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

jugates (plural)

Derived Forms

bijugate multijugate quadrijugate quinquejugate trijugate unijugate

Frequently Paired Words

pinnate bijugate

Questions

What does jugate mean?: Forming a pair.
Where does jugate come from?: Borrowed from Latin iugātus (“yoked together in pairs”), perfect passive participle of iugō (“to yoke”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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