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English

Etymology 1

elate +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??le?.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??le?.t?/

Noun

elater (plural elaters)

1. That which elates.

Etymology 2

From New Latin elat?r, from Ancient Greek ?????? (elat?r, “driver, that which drives away”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l.?.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l.?.t?/

Noun

elater (plural elaters)

1. (obsolete) Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.
2. (botany) A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.
3. (botany) Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
4. (zoology) An elaterid, or click beetle.

Derived terms

• pseudoelater

References

• elater in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Aertel, Ertale, Tralee, alreet, e-alert, earlet, relate, telera

English

Etymology

Latin elatus (“raised”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

elated (comparative more elated, superlative most elated)

1. Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased, euphoric.

   She was elated with her new car.

Synonyms

• ecstatic
• euphoric
• exultant
• joyful
• jubilant
• overjoyed

Antonyms

• displeased
• dissatisfied

Derived terms

• elatedly (adverb)

Related terms

• elation (noun)

Translations

Verb

elated

1. simple past tense and past participle of elate

Anagrams

• delate