Associations to the word «Latinate»

Wiktionary

LATINATE, adjective. Nonstandard spelling of Latinate.
LATINATE, adjective. (not comparable) Of or derived from Latin.
LATINATE, adjective. (comparable) Characteristic of or pertaining to Latin.

Dictionary definition

LATINATE, adjective. Derived from or imitative of Latin.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats