pate en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /peɪt/
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Etymology
From Middle English pate, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortened form of Old French patene or Medieval Latin patena, both from Latin patina (“pan, dish”). Alternatively, perhaps akin to Old Frisian pote (“skull”).
Meanings
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(archaic) The head, particularly the top or crown.
The whole benighted, blooming crew, The Puddin'-thieves, the Usher too, Are being beaten black and blue With bottles on the pate.
1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 167:For his vnhappynes ſhall come vpon his owne heade, ⁊ his wickednes ſhall fall vpon his owne pate.
1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Psalm vij:[16], folio xiij, recto, column 2:He had a shiny, bald pate.
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(archaic) Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
I am reſolued, tis but a thee yeeres faſt: The minde ſhall banquet, though the body pine, Fat paunches haue leane pates: and daynty bits Make rich the ribbes, but banerout quite the wits.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:I thank thee for that ieſt; heer’s a garment for’t: Wit ſhall not goe vn-rewarded while I am King of this Country: Steale by line and leuell, is an excellent paſſe of pate: there’s another garment for’t.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 16, column 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pated · featherpate · rattlepated · addle pate · blockpate · baldpate · rattlepate · clodpate · shallowpate · dunderpate · crackpot
Relateds
Translations (26)
hu fej(e) búbja (top of the head) · es vivaracho (wit, cleverness) · ru рассу́док (wit, cleverness) · sq tepe (top of the head) · cs temeno (top of the head) · hu fejtető (top of the head) · cmn 智力 (wit, cleverness) · bg акъл (wit, cleverness) · cmn 頭 /头 (top of the head) · sq rrashtë (top of the head) · ru ма́ковка (top of the head) · sv hjässa (top of the head) · gd claigeann (top of the head) · ga plait (top of the head) · ru ум (wit, cleverness) · sv skult (top of the head) · sq çaçkë (top of the head) · ru маку́шка (top of the head) · es corona (top of the head) · cmn 腦袋 /脑袋 (top of the head) · bg теме (top of the head) · cy iad (top of the head) · cmn 頭腦 /头脑 (wit, cleverness) · uga 𐎖𐎄𐎖𐎄 (top of the head) · nl schedel (top of the head) · fi päälaki (top of the head)