foliate
pronunciation
How to pronounce foliate in British English:
UK ['fəʊlɪeɪt]
How to pronounce foliate in American English:
US ['foʊlɪˌeɪt]
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- Verb:
- hammer into thin flat foils
- decorate with leaves
- coat or back with metal foil
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
- grow leaves
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- Adjective:
- ornamented with foliage or foils
- (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
- (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
Word Origin
- foliate (adj.)
- 1620s, "beaten into thin sheets," from Medieval Latin foliatus "leaved, leafy," from Latin folium "a leaf" (see folio). As "leaf-like" from 1650s.
- foliate (v.)
- 1660s (implied in foliated), "to apply silver leaf," from Medieval Latin foliatus "leaved, leafy," from Latin folium "a leaf" (see folio). Meaning "put forth leaves" is from 1775. Related: Foliated; foliating.
Example
- 1. Effect of sweet exposure in lactation on development model of foliate taste buds in mice .