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English
Etymology
From Latin gagātēs. Doublet of jet.
Noun
gagate (countable and uncountable, plural gagates)
- (obsolete) Agate.
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; , London: Iohn Williams , →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):Thus, as Pliny reporteth of the gagate-stone, that, set a-fire, it burneth more fiercely if water be cast on […]
References
Italian
Noun
gagate f (plural gagati)
- (mineralogy) jet
- Synonym: giaietto
Further reading
- gagate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
gagātē
- ablative/vocative singular of gagātēs