Choate
pronunciation
How to pronounce Choate in British English:
UK [tʃəut]
How to pronounce Choate in American English:
US [tʃot]
Word Origin
- choate (adj.)
- "finished, complete," mistaken back-formation from inchoate (q.v.) as though that word contained in- "not." First attested 1878 in letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes lamenting barbarisms in legal case writing (he said he found choate in a California report).
Example
- 1. Choate 's death is awful .
- 2. ' The headlines are just taking a breather now , ' mr. choate says .
- 3. After graduating from choate rosemary hall boy 's school in connecticut , michael enrolled at the university of california at santa barbara and majored in drama .
- 4. The most loving compliment I 've ever heard of was given by joseph choate , former ambassador to great britain .
- 5. When asked who he would like to be if he could come back to earth again after he died , he replied without an instant 's hesitation , " mrs. choate 's second husband . "