falcate

fal·cate

sickle-shaped; curved; hooked

Origin of falcate

Classical Latin falcatus from falx (gen. falcis), a sickle from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Indo-European base an unverified form dhelg-, to pierce, needle from source German dolch, dagger

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falcate

also fal·cat·ed

adjective

Curved and tapering to a point; sickle-shaped.

Origin of falcate

Latin falcātus from falx falc- sickle

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