Definitions
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin foliātus (“having leaves, leafy, leaved”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), a participial adjective derived from folium (“leaf; (Late Latin) leaf or sheet of paper”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”) or *dʰelh₁- (“to be green”)).
Used in a sentence
“foliate gold”
“to foliate a looking-glass”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Leafy”7 letters
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