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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
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