alate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 5
/ˈeɪˌleɪt/(US)
Definition of alate
3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Having wings or winglike extensions or parts; winged.
“Beetles fly, many ants send forth massive swarms of reproductive alate females and males, arachnids and insect predators emerge from their hidden refugia, and termite swarm.”
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adj
-
Having wings or winglike extensions or parts; winged.
“Beetles fly, many ants send forth massive swarms of reproductive alate females and males, arachnids and insect predators emerge from their hidden refugia, and termite swarm.”
noun
- A winged, reproductive form of several social insects.
adv
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(archaic, not-comparable)recently; lately; of late.
“There hathe bene alate ſuche tales ſpreade abroade, and moſt vntruly, ſuch falſe taletellers ſhal haue a greuous puniſhement of the Lord whan he ſhall come to rewarde euerye one according vnto his deſertes.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin ālātus, from āla (“wing”).
Words you can make from alate
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4 extensions · 2 front · 2 back
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