comate

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See also: comaté

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1600; borrowed from Latin cōmātus, from cōma (“hair”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

comate (comparative more comate, superlative most comate)

(archaic, botany) comose (having a coma, or bushy, hairy appearance).

Etymology 2

First attested in 1576; from co- +‎ mate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊmeɪt/

Noun

comate (plural comates)

(rare) Companion, fellow, mate.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , pages 189-190, columns 2-1:
  Now my Coe-mates,and brothers in exile :
  Hath not old cuſtome made this life more ſvveete
  Then that of painted pompe ? Are not theſe vvoods
  More free from perill then the enuious Court ?

References

“comate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

came to, camote, come at

French

Verb

comate

inflection of comater:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

comāte

vocative masculine singular of comātus

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