different between laureate vs aureate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laureatus, from laurea (“laurel tree”), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). Compare French lauréat.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

laureate (not comparable)

1. (sometimes postpositive) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
   • 2007, Robert J. Meyer-Lee, Poets and Power from Chaucer to Wyatt

     Although the post of poet laureate as we know it was not established until John Dryden's appointment in 1668,

Derived terms

• poet laureate
• Nobel laureate

Translations

Noun

laureate (plural laureates)

1. (dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
   • a. 1658, John Cleveland, An Elegy to Ben Johnson

     a learn'd laureate

2. A graduate of a university.

Translations

Verb

laureate (third-person singular simple present laureates, present participle laureating, simple past and past participle laureated)

1. (intransitive) To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.

Translations

Related terms

• lauraceous
• laurel
• laurestine
• lauriferous

Further reading

• laureate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• laureate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• laureate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Adjective

laureate

1. feminine plural of laureato

Noun

laureate f

1. plural of laureata

Verb

laureate

1. feminine plural of laureato

Latin

Adjective

laure?te

1. vocative masculine singular of laure?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aureatus (“adorned or decorated with gold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????i??t/
• Hyphenation: au?re?ate

Adjective

aureate (comparative more aureate, superlative most aureate)

1. Golden in color or shine.
   • 14th–15th century, John Lydgate, A Balade in Commendation of Our Lady, lines 12–14:

     O wynd of grace, now blowe into my saile, / O auriat lycour of Clyo, for to wryte / Mi penne enspire of that I wold endyte.
2. (rhetoric) Of language: characterized by the use of (excessively) ornamental or grandiose terms, often of Latin or French origin.

Derived terms

• aureation

Related terms

• auric
• aurous

Latin

Adjective

aure?te

1. vocative masculine singular of aure?tus