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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ag•ate /ˈægɪt/USA pronunciation n. - a stone used in jewelry, with curved, colored bands or other markings: [uncountable]The pendant was made of beautiful agate.[countable]polished agates.
- [countable] a playing marble made of agate.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ag•ate (ag′it),USA pronunciation n. - a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- a playing marble made of this substance, or of glass in imitation of it.
- Printinga 5½-point type of a size between pearl and nonpareil. Cf. ruby (def. 5).
- Greek achá̄tēs
- Old French agathe or Italian agata (initial stress) Medieval Latin achātēs
- Middle English ac(c)ate, achate, agaten (compare Dutch agaat, Old Saxon agāt, Old High German agat), apparently 1150–1200
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: agate /ˈæɡɪt/ n - an impure microcrystalline form of quartz consisting of a variegated, usually banded chalcedony, used as a gemstone and in making pestles and mortars, burnishers, and polishers. Formula: SiO2
- a playing marble of this quartz or resembling it
Etymology: 16th Century: via French from Latin achātēs, from Greek akhatēs agate /əˈɡeɪt/ adv - Northern English dialect on the way
Etymology: 16th Century: a-² + gate³ Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Agate /ˈæɡeɪt/ n - James (Evershed). 1877–1947, British theatre critic; drama critic for The Sunday Times (1923–47) and author of a nine-volume diary Ego (1935–49)
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