verb
latrate
Latrate (verb) means (formal) To bark like a dog.
verb
1
(formal) To bark like a dog.
"I once saw a big dog plunging out furiously at a passing car, and, as I watched him, his gait looked peculiar. The reason for this eccentricity became clear when he returned from his latrating orgy: he had only three legs."
— Charles Hall Grandgent, Prunes and Prism: With Other Odds and Ends (1928)
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Etymology
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.
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"latrate" (verb) means (formal) To bark like a dog.
