Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tegulated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tegu-lat-ed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; said of a kind of ancient armor.

Example Sentences

"Hefner gives an illustration of tegulated armour (Fig. 90) from a painting on vellum dating from c. 1090, when this system appears to have been introduced."

Etymology

From tegula + -ate + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more tegulated (comparative) most tegulated (superlative)

Questions

What does tegulated mean?: Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; said of a kind of ancient armor.
Where does tegulated come from?: From tegula + -ate + -ed.

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