Meanings
comparative more arcuate · superlative most arcuate
- curved into the shape of a bow.
arcuate stalks
1 more example
The cause of the confusion in sounds, and the inconfusion in species visible, is, for that the sight worketh in right lines, and so there can be no coincidence in the eye; but sounds that move in oblique and arcuate lines, must needs encounter and disturb the one the other.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinarcuātus
- Englisharcuate
From Latin arcuātus.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian дъговиден, аркообразен
- дъговиден (dăgoviden)curved into the shape of a bow
- аркообразен (arkoobrazen)curved into the shape of a bow
Finnish kaareva, jousenmuotoinen
- kaarevacurved into the shape of a bow
- jousenmuotoinencurved into the shape of a bow
Portuguese arcado, arcuado
- arcadocurved into the shape of a bow
- arcuadocurved into the shape of a bow
Spanish arcuado, arcuato
- arcuadocurved into the shape of a bow
- arcuatocurved into the shape of a bow
- arqueadocurved into the shape of a bow
- arciformecurved into the shape of a bow
Cite this entry
arcuate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arcuate
“arcuate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arcuate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arcuate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arcuate.
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