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Added 10 October 2026

lanate

adjective

Latin root: lānātus First recorded: 1760 Wiktionary

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Covered in or composed of woolly hairs.

Origin

First attested in 1760; borrowed from Latin lānātus (“woolly”), from lāna, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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