brachiate
/ˈbɹækɪət/ adjective, verb
Forms brachiates brachiating brachiated
- adjective (botany) Having decussate branches.
- verb (intransitive) To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin brachiātus, from brachium (“arm, branch”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Back-formation from brachiator, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.
Etymology [L. brachiatus (bracch-) with boughs or branches like arms, from brackium (bracch-) arm.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “brachiate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details