different between elatery vs elater

English

Etymology

See elater.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l?t?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??l??t??i/

Noun

elatery (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Acting force; elasticity.
   • 1713, John Ray, Three Physico-theological discourses

     the Force of the Fire , joined with the Elatery of the Air , being exceeding great , may of a sudden heave up the Earth

Anagrams

• elytrae, tealery

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