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lanate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lanate
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered in or composed of woolly hairs.

Etymology

First attested in 1760; borrowed from Latin lānātus (“woolly”), from lāna, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Origin

Inflected Forms

more lanate (comparative) most lanate (superlative)

Derived Forms

lanately sublanate

Synonyms

woolly

Questions

What does lanate mean?
Covered in or composed of woolly hairs.
Where does lanate come from?
First known use: First attested in 1760.

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