latibulate

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verb

To retreat and lie hidden; to hide in a corner.

OriginLatin latibulārī →
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Meanings

verblatibulate (third-person singular simple present latibulates, present participle latibulating, simple past and past participle latibulated)

present singular third person latibulates · participle present latibulating · participle past latibulated · past latibulated

  1. archaicfigurativelyobsoleterareTo retreat and lie hidden; to hide in a corner.

    Latibulate, Privily to hide ones self in a corner.

    [1658, H. C. (Gent.), The English dictionarie: or, An interpreter of hard English words ..., 8th revised and enlarged edition, A. M.; sold by Andrew Crooke
    1 more example

    He is probably after the manner of his prototype Kellogg, "latibulating" in some secure position, in breathless expectancy that His Excellency, will again uphold usurpation[…].

    1874 November 16, The Wheeling Daily Register, Wheeling, West Virginia, page 2, column 1

Origin

  1. Latinlatibulārī
  2. Englishlatibulate

From Latin latibulārī + -ate, from latibulum (“a hiding-place, lair”) + -ārī. See also latibulize.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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