bifidate

First attested in 1847; borrowed from Latin bifidātus, from bifidus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, bifid +‎ -ate.

bifidate (not comparable)

1. Bifid, divided into two main parts.
   • 2024, Claudio De Stefani, “Stemmi trifidi e traduzioni orientali”, in Wiener Studien‎^[1]:

     It is well-known among philologists that trifidate stemmata are generally rarer than bifidate ones.

• “bifidate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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