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nubilate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nu-bi-late
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cloud or obscure

Obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūbilātus, perfect passive participle of nūbilō (“to cloud”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from nūbila (“clouds”). By surface analysis, Latin nubil- + -ate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

nubilates (present, singular) nubilating (participle, present) nubilated (participle, past) nubilated (past)

Questions

What does nubilate mean?
To cloud or obscure
Where does nubilate come from?
Borrowed from Latin nūbilātus, perfect passive participle of nūbilō (“to cloud”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from nūbila (“clouds”). By surface analysis, Latin nubil- + -ate.

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