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jugate

noun

  1. A portrait which depicts two side-by-side subjects with relative proximity.

    More than 50 celluloid and lithographed tin political jugates [i.e., pinback buttons with jugate portraits] made since 1896 sold at three different summer auctions […] You can find jugate trays, posters, badges and ribbons, too.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin iugātus (“yoked together in pairs”), perfect passive participle of iugō (“to yoke”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry jugate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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