† comateadj.
Etymology: < Latin comātus having long hair, < coma (see coma n.2).
Obsolete.
rare.
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1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso xiv. xliv. 259 How comate, crinite, caudate starres are fram'd.
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