bifidate

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adjective

Bifid, divided into two main parts.

OriginLatin bifidātus →
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Meanings

adjectivebifidate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBifid, divided into two main parts.

    It is well-known among philologists that trifidate stemmata are generally rarer than bifidate ones.

    2024, Claudio De Stefani, “Stemmi trifidi e traduzioni orientali”, in Wiener Studien

Origin

  1. Latinbifidātus
  2. Englishbifidate

First attested in 1847; borrowed from Latin bifidātus, from bifidus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, bifid + -ate.

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APA

bifidate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bifidate

MLA

“bifidate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bifidate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bifidate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bifidate.

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