Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/September 20

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Word of the day
for September 20
foliate adj
  1. Of or relating to leaves.
  2. Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.
    1. (geometry) Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop.
  3. (botany)
    1. Of a plant: having leaves.
    2. Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.
  4. (geology) Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”)
  5. (obsolete) In the form of a foil or thin sheet.

foliate v

  1. (transitive)
    1. To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.
    2. To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver.
    3. (architecture) To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”).
    4. (obsolete) To beat (metal) into a foil or thin sheet.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To split into layers or leaves.
    2. (botany) Of a plant: to produce leaves.
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