English Explanatory Dictionary

liturate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having indistinct spots, paler at the margins.
  2. Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.

Word forms

liturate more liturate most liturate

Etymology

First attested in 1826; Latin litūrātus, perfect passive participle and participial adjective from litūrō (“to erase”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from litūra (“a blur”).

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