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What does Latinate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Latinate? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (not comparable) Of or derived from Latin.
  2. (comparable) Characteristic of or pertaining to Latin.
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Some find his speeches entrancing, but few, wading through his long Latinate sentences, can work out exactly what he stands for.
However, in the late 18th century there was a return to the periodic Latinate style.
His style is sometimes called Latinate or overelaborate, but in truth he tried to make it a vocal, speaking, natural style.
The master of ceremonies was Lebanese actor Talal Jurdi, whose job was to inject traces of Lebanese Arabic into this otherwise Latinate evening.
For more examples, see the list of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English.
The 15th century represents a low point for the Latinate tradition, but it revives in the 16th century under the impact of humanism and the regeneration of the universities.

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