figurate en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
Etymology tree English figure Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English figurate From figure + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Forming a figure.
1880, Alex. Napier, translator, A Handbook of Physical Diagnosis, translation of, 1877, Paul Guttmann, [unknown title], third German edition; New York: William Wood & Company, page 296, Normal urine is perfectly clear, containing neither crystalline nor any other organic figurate element, except possibly now and then traces of mucus.
Because large figurate lesions (cyclic, annular, or serpiginous) may exist[…]
1978, Lawrence Marvin Solomon, Nancy B. Esterly, E. Dorinda Loeffel, Adolescent Dermatology, Saunders, →ISBN, page 414:
- (not-comparable) Florid.