English Explanatory Dictionary

jugate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Forming a pair.
noun
  1. A portrait which depicts two side-by-side subjects with relative proximity.

Word forms

jugate jugates

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iugātus (“yoked together in pairs”), perfect passive participle of iugō (“to yoke”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Related words

pinnate bijugate

Derived words

multijugate quadrijugate quinquejugate unijugate
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