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Ovate

//ˈoʊ.veɪt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shaped like an egg.

    "The Geese, Anserinæ, have the body ovate, the head small, the bill stout and somewhat conical; the legs rather long; the wings of great length and breadth."

  2. 2
    With the broadest extremity near the base.
Adjective
  1. 1
    rounded like an egg wordnet
  2. 2
    of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An egg-shaped hand axe.

    "Slightly derived handaxes from the Mildenhall glaciofluvial sands, generally in fresh condition and dominated by ovates and cordates."

  2. 2
    An Irish bard.
  3. 3
    A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
  4. 4
    A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.
Verb
  1. 1
    To give someone an ovation. rare, transitive
  2. 2
    To applaud enthusiastically. intransitive, rare

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Etymology 3

Ultimately from a Celtic language, see Proto-Celtic *wātis.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Latin ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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