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papillate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
papil-late
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling papillae, or covered in papillae.

verb

To cover with papillae.

Transitive verb

verb

To take the form of a papilla, or of papillae.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English papilla Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English papillate From papilla + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

papillates (present, singular) papillating (participle, present) papillated (participle, past) papillated (past)

Derived Forms

epapillate nonpapillate semipapillate

Questions

What does papillate mean?
Resembling papillae, or covered in papillae.
Where does papillate come from?
Etymology tree English papilla Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English papillate From papilla + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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