Added to
Favorites
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Log In
Sign Up
Premium
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
half-sagittate
sag·it·tate
/
ˈsædʒ
ɪˌteɪt
/
Show Spelled
[
saj
-i-teyt
]
Show IPA
adjective
shaped like an arrowhead.
Also,
sa·git·ti·form
/
səˈdʒɪt
əˌfɔrm
,
ˈsædʒ
ɪ
tə-
/
Show Spelled
[
s
uh
-
jit
-
uh
-fawrm
,
saj
-i-t
uh
-
]
Show IPA
.
Origin:
1750–60;
<
Neo-Latin
sagittātus.
See
Sagitta
,
-ate
1
Related forms
half-sag·it·tate,
adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
half-sagittate
Collins
World English Dictionary
sagittate
or
sagittiform
(ˈsædʒɪˌteɪt, səˈdʒɪtɪˌfɔːm, ˈsædʒ-)
—
adj
(esp of leaves) shaped like the head of an arrow
[C18: from New Latin
sagittātus,
from Latin
sagitta
arrow]
sagittiform
or
sagittiform
—
adj
[C18: from New Latin
sagittātus,
from Latin
sagitta
arrow]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Half-sagittate
is always a great word to know.
So is
slumgullion
. Does it mean:
So is
ort
. Does it mean:
So is
gobo
. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Matching Quote
"She tells her love while half asleep
In the dark hours,
With half-words whispered low:"
-Robert Graves
MORE
Remove ads like these. Upgrade now!
Popular Searches
Vocabulary homework ...
Vocabulary builder
Vocabulary websites
Vocabulary games
Vocabulary lists
Activities for teach...
Science vocabulary
Math vocabulary
Nearby Words
half-rest
half-revealed
half-reversed
half-rhyme
half-right
half-ripe
half-ripened
half-rise
half-roasted
half-rod
half-romantic
half-romantical...
half-rotted
half-rotten
half-round
half-round chis...
half-round file
half-rueful
half-ruined
half-russian
half-sagittate
half-savage
half-scottish
half-seas over
half-seas-over
half-second
half-section
half-semitic
half-sensed
half-serious
half-severed
half-shakespear...
half-shamed
half-share
half-shell
half-shoddy
half-shouted
half-shut
half-sibling
half-sighted
half-silk
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Home Advisor
Copyright ©
2013 Dictionary.com, LLC
. All rights reserved.
About
PRIVACY POLICY
Terms
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Suggest a Word
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT