English Explanatory Dictionary

digitate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having digits, fingers or things shaped like fingers; fingerlike
  2. Having parts that spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner.
verb
  1. To point out as with one's finger, indicate.
  2. To spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɪdʒɪtət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-digitate.wav /ˈdɪdʒɪteɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-digitate2.wav

Word forms

digitate digitates digitating digitated

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1661, the verb in 1657; the adjective was borrowed from Latin digitātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), the verb from digitātus, perfect passive participle of digitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)).

Related words

palmate digit digital

Derived words

bidigitate digitately multidigitate paridigitate polydigitate quadridigitate quinquedigitate sexdigitate subdigitate tridigitate unidigitate digitation interdigitate
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