释义 |
reduplicate /ri-dūˈpli-kāt/ transitive verb- To double
- To repeat
intransitive verb- To double
- To exhibit reduplication (grammar)
adjective /-kit/ - Doubled
- Showing reduplication (grammar)
- In aestivation, valvate with edges turned outwards (botany)
ORIGIN: L reduplicāre, -ātum, from duplicāre to double reduplicāˈtion noun - A folding or doubling
- The doubling of the initial part, in inflection and word-formation, as in L fefellī, perf of fallō, Gr tetypha, perf of typtō (grammar)
- The reduplicated element in a word
- The combination of two rhyming, alliterative, etc words (the second sometimes a coinage for the purpose) to form one, as in hurry-skurry, popsy-wopsy or mishmash
redūˈplicātive adjective |