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manicate

manicate adjective: covered with hairs or pubescence so interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.

Adjective

manicate (comparative more manicate, superlative most manicate)

  1. Covered with hairs or pubescence so interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.
    • manicate caeca of worms

Forms of manicate

comparativemore manicate
superlativemost manicate

Origin of manicate

From Latin mānicātus (“sleeved”), from mānicae (“sleeves”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about manicate

What does manicate mean?
Manicate means covered with hairs or pubescence so interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.
What part of speech is manicate?
Manicate is an adjective.

Words near manicate in the dictionary

  1. manic-depressive
  2. manic-depressiveness
  3. manic-depressives
  4. Manicaland
  5. manically
  6. manicate
  7. Manichaean
  8. Manichaeanism
  9. Manichaeanized
  10. Manichaeans
  11. Manichaeism

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