florate

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin flōs (“flower, blossom”).

Adjective

florate (comparative more florate, superlative most florate)

1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, or decorated with flowers; floral.
   • 1978, Journal of the Philosophical Research Society, volumes 38–39, page 22:

     We turn to Parker's Ephemeris for the Year of Our Lord 1738. On the title page is a quaint woodcut of Mr. Parker partly encircled by a florate border. More interesting is a stamp tax impressed at the lower right hand corner of the title page.

Related terms

• biflorate
• deflorate

 

Anagrams

• Laforte, floater, floe rat, refloat

Spanish

Verb

florate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of florar combined with te