cirrate
cirrate · more cirrate · most cirrate
Of, pertaining to, or fringed with cirriOf, pertaining to, or fringed with cirri.
/ˈsɪɹeɪt/
Meaning
1 sensesOf, pertaining to, or fringed with cirri.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin cirrātus (“having ringlets”), from cirrus (“a curl”), see -ate (adjectBorrowed from Latin cirrātus (“having ringlets”), from cirrus (“a curl”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). By surface analysis, cirr- + -ate.
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Forms
more cirrate, most cirrate| Comparative | more cirrate Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most cirrate Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedincirrate
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.