See Also: Consummate(money)
consummate(1)(dictionary)
consummate(2)(dictionary)
CONSUMMATE(law)
consummate 1, adjective(dictionary)
consummate 2, verb(dictionary)

pinniped (iou) and consummate(1) (iou)


pinniped (iou)



pinniped adjective & noun. . M19.
[from mod. Latin Pinnipedia noun pl., from Latin pinna fin, wing + ped-, pes foot (cf. Latin pinnipes wing-footed).]
Zoology.
A. adjective. Having feet resembling fins. Now spec. designating or pertaining to a mammalian pinniped (see sense B. below). M19.
b. noun. A pinniped animal; spec. any of a group of mammals of the order Carnivora which have the digits fused to form flippers adapted for swimming (i.e. seals, sea lions, and walruses). Cf. FISSIPED. M19.

consummate(1) (iou)



consummate adjective (orig. pa. pple). LME.
[Latin consummatus pa. pple, formed as CONSUMMATE verb: see -ATE2.]
a. Completed; fully accomplished. LME-M19.
b. Of a Marriage: consummated. M16-M18.
Having in it finality. Only in LME.
Of a thing: complete, perfect. arch. E16.
Of the highest degree; supreme, utmost. M16.
P. G. Wodehouse A sweeping and consummate vengeance. C. Hill His consummate skill.
Of a person: fully accomplished; supremely skilled. M17.
R. Fry The prince of craftsmen, the consummate technician.
consummately adverb E17.
consummateness noun (rare) E20.