gladiate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8

Definition of gladiate

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Sword-shaped.
    “The leaves of the iris and gladiolus are gladiate.”
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adj

  1. Sword-shaped.
    “The leaves of the iris and gladiolus are gladiate.”

verb

  1. To fight as a gladiator, to digladiate.
    “You could try and take us (oh, oh), but we're the gladiators (oh, oh) […] We gladiate, but I guess we're really fighting ourselves […]”

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Etymology

From Latin gladius (“sword”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words you can make from gladiate

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49 words

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