delipidate

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verb

To remove the lipids from (something).

OriginEnglish lipid ← French lipide ← Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos) →
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Meanings

delipidate1

verbdelipidate (third-person singular simple present delipidates, present participle delipidating, simple past and past participle delipidated)

present singular third person delipidates · participle present delipidating · participle past delipidated · past delipidated

  1. To remove the lipids from (something).

delipidate2

adjectivedelipidate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFrom which lipids have been removed.

delipidate3

noundelipidate (plural delipidates)

plural delipidates

  1. Material from which lipids have been removed.

Origin

delipidate · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  9. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  10. Frenchlipide
  11. Englishlipid
  12. Englishdelipidate

From de- + lipid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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delipidate · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  9. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  11. Frenchlipide
  12. Englishlipid
  13. Englishdelipidate

From de- + lipid + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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delipidate · noun

From the substantivation of the above adjective or straight from de- + lipid + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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Cite this entry
APA

delipidate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delipidate

MLA

“delipidate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delipidate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delipidate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delipidate.

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