latibulate

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English

Etymology

From Latin latibulum (hiding place) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix), from lateō (to lie hidden) +‎ -bulum. See also latibulize.

Verb

latibulate (third-person singular simple present latibulates, present participle latibulating, simple past and past participle latibulated)

  1. (archaic, obsolete, rare, figurative) To retreat and lie hidden; to hide in a corner.[1]
    • , 8th revised and enlarged edition, A. M.; sold by Andrew Crooke:
      Latibulate, Privily to hide ones self in a corner.]
    • 1874 November 16, The Wheeling Daily Register, Wheeling, West Virginia, page 2, column 1:
      He is probably after the manner of his prototype Kellogg, "latibulating" in some secure position, in breathless expectancy that His Excellency, will again uphold usurpation [].

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