comate

See also: comaté

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1600; borrowed from Latin cōmātus, from cōma (“hair”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

comate (comparative more comate, superlative most comate)

1. (archaic, botany) comose (having a coma, or bushy, hairy appearance).

Etymology 2

First attested in 1576; from co- +‎ mate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊmeɪt/

Noun

comate (plural comates)

1. (rare) Companion, fellow, mate.
   • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], pages 189-190, columns 2-1:

     Now my Coe-mates,and brothers in exile :
     Hath not old cuſtome made this life more ſvveete
     Then that of painted pompe ? Are not theſe vvoods
     More free from perill then the enuious Court ?

References

• “comate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• came to, camote, come at

French

Verb

comate

1. inflection of comater:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

comāte

1. vocative masculine singular of comātus