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Lyrate vs Lyrated - What's the difference?

lyrate | lyrated |

As adjectives the difference between lyrate and lyrated

is that lyrate is shaped like a lyre while lyrated is .

lyrate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shaped like a lyre.
  • *1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 205:
  • *:The passage of time could only enhance his tenderness for the creature he clasped, this adored creature, whose motion was now more supple, whose haunches had grown more lyrate , whose hair-ribbon he had undone.
  • (botany, of leaves) Having a large terminal lobe and smaller rounded lobes toward its base.

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    lyrated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)