comate

C3O1M3A1T1E1
/ˈkəʊmeɪt/

adjective

comose (having a coma, or bushy, hairy appearance).

Similar
comosecrownedcomalhairyhairedhirsute
OriginLatin cōmātus →
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Meanings

comate1

adjectivecomate (comparative more comate, superlative most comate)

comparative more comate · superlative most comate

  1. archaicbiologycomose (having a coma, or bushy, hairy appearance).

comate2

nouncomate (plural comates)

plural comates

  1. rareCompanion, fellow, mate.

    Now my Coe-mates,and brothers in exile : Hath not old cuſtome made this life more ſvveete Then that of painted pompe ? Are not theſe vvoods More free from perill then the enuious Court ?

    c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], pages 189-190, columns 2-1

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivebearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts

Similar
comosecrowned

adjectiveof certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair

Similar
comosecomalhairyhairedhirsute
Also see
comalcomosecrownedhairedhairyhirsute

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

comate · adjective

  1. Latincōmātus
  2. Englishcomate

First attested in 1600; borrowed from Latin cōmātus, from cōma (“hair”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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comate · noun

First attested in 1576; from co- + mate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

CometaTecomaMetoaccamote
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MLA

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Chicago

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