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gagate

gagate noun: agate.

Noun

gagate (countable and uncountable, plural gagates)

  1. (obsolete) Agate.
    • Thus, as Pliny reporteth of the gagate-stone, that, set a-fire, it burneth more fiercely if water be cast on […]1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Forms of gagate

pluralgagates

Origin of gagate

From Latin gagātēs. Doublet of jet.

Questions about gagate

What does gagate mean?
Gagate means agate.
What part of speech is gagate?
Gagate is a noun.
What is the plural of gagate?
The plural of gagate is gagates.

Words near gagate in the dictionary

  1. gaga ball
  2. gaga balls
  3. gagaku
  4. Gagan
  5. Gagarin
  6. gagate
  7. gagates
  8. Gagauz
  9. Gagauzes
  10. Gagauzia
  11. Gagauzian

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