malleate.
Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
Meaning & usage
Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1884; from malleus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
To beat into shape with a hammer.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1598; borrowed from Medieval Latin malleātus, perfect passive participle of malleō (“to beat with a hammer”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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