jugate

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
6

Definition of jugate

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Forming a pair.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Forming a pair.

noun

  1. A portrait which depicts two side-by-side subjects with relative proximity.
    “More than 50 celluloid and lithographed tin political jugates [i.e., pinback buttons with jugate portraits] made since 1896 sold at three different summer auctions […] You can find jugate trays, posters, badges and ribbons, too.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iugātus (“yoked together in pairs”), perfect passive participle of iugō (“to yoke”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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