Meanings
latinate1
comparative more latinate · superlative most latinate
- nonstandardNonstandard spelling of Latinate.
Latinate2
comparative more Latinate · superlative most Latinate
- not comparableOf or derived from Latin.
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Not being, well, dead, I don’t much enjoy that pileup of Latinate abstractions, despite their supple cadences and dense sound effects. I’m pretty sure [Ryan] Ruby designed that bit to mimic the denatured feel of programming language. It doesn’t matter if I follow every word. Not all poetry wants to achieve the same things; this too is something language — poetic language — can do.
2024 December 18, Daisy Fried, “The History of Poetry, From the Bronze Age to A.I., in a Single Poem”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2024 - comparableCharacteristic of or pertaining to Latin.
Origin
- Latinlatīnō“to speak Latin”
- Latinlatināt(us)“Latin-speaking”
- EnglishLatinate
Learned borrowing from Latin latināt(us) (“Latin-speaking”), from Latin latīnō (“to speak Latin”). By surface analysis, Latin + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
More words from Latin
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Latin latinātus
- latinātusTranslations
Spanish latinizante, latinista
- latinizanteTranslations
- latinistaTranslations
- latinadoTranslations
Tamil இலத்தீனிய
- இலத்தீனிய (ilattīṉiya)Translations
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Cite this entry
latinate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latinate
“latinate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latinate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “latinate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latinate.
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