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foliate

adj
/ˈfəʊliət/UK/ˈfoʊliət/US/ˈfəʊlieɪt/UK/ˈfoʊliˌeɪt/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin foliātus (“having leaves, leafy, leaved”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), a participial adjective derived from folium (“leaf; (Late Latin) leaf or sheet of paper”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”) or *dʰelh₁- (“to be green”)).

  1. derived from *bʰleh₃-✻ — “blossom, flower”
  2. learned borrowing from foliātus — “having leaves, leafy, leaved”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to leaves.

  2. Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf

    Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.

  3. Of a plant

    Of a plant: having leaves.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Of a leaf

      Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.

    2. Synonym of foliated (“of a rock

      Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”).

    3. In the form of a foil or thin sheet.

      • foliate gold

    4. A logocyclic curve.

    5. To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book)

      To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.

    6. To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a…

      To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver.

      • to foliate a looking-glass

    7. To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in…

      To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”).

    8. To beat (metal) into a foil or thin sheet.

    9. To split into layers or leaves.

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Derived

acutifoliate, adversifoliate, alternifoliate, angustifoliate, bifoliate, cochlearifoliate, decemfoliate, difoliate, foliate curve, foliation, latifoliate, monofoliate, multifoliate, nonfoliate, paucifoliate, plurifoliate, quadrifoliate, quinquefoliate, rotundifoliate, septemfoliate, subfoliate, tetrafoliate, unifoliate, defoliate, refoliate, effoliate, exfoliate, foliated, foliating, foliator, unfoliated

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA