Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

liturate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: litu-rate
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or having indistinct spots, paler at the margins.

adj

Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.

Example Sentences

"liturate thorax"
"[describing a moth, Megachyta lituralis, now Zanclognatha lituralis]Two black liturate spots on costa at inception"
"[the larva of a new species of moth]Darker areas liturate and transversely lined with black, the ground color green"

Etymology

First attested in 1826; Latin litūrātus, perfect passive participle and participial adjective from litūrō (“to erase”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from litūra (“a blur”).

Origin

Source language: Latin
First known use: First attested in 1826

Word Breakdown

Root: litūrātus

Inflected Forms

more liturate (comparative) most liturate (superlative)

Questions

What does liturate mean?: Being or having indistinct spots, paler at the margins.
Where does liturate come from?: It is traced to Latin. First known use: First attested in 1826.

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