rugate

[ roo-geyt, -git ]

adjective

1. wrinkle; rugose.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rugate¹

1840–50; < Latin rūgātus, past participle of rūgāre to become wrinkled. See ruga, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Mobbery brewed in Jackson, Ky., after Chester Rugate, tenant farmer, had murdered prosperous, farm-owning Lawyer Clay Watkins, his landlord.

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