latrate

verb /læˈtreɪt/

1. To bark; to make doglike noises.

   rare

   Latrate, to barke like a dog.

Where it comes from

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lātrātus, perfect passive participle of lātrō (“to bark”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare Spanish ladrar (“to bark”). Originally seemingly attested as a ghost word.

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

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