ovate.
Shaped like an egg.
Meaning & usage
Shaped like an egg.
With the broadest extremity near the base.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
An egg-shaped hand axe.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
An Irish bard.
A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from a Celtic language, see Proto-Celtic *wātis.
To give someone an ovation.
To applaud enthusiastically.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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