Etymology

flabellate

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Today it means: Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow. Full definition →

First used 1819New Latin flābellātus
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromflābellātus“fanlike”
  2. English todayflabellate

Borrowed from New Latin flābellātus (“fanlike”). By surface analysis, flabell(um) (“fan-shaped structure”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1819 Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.

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