cate

cate · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A choice food; a delicacy or dainty.

  2. 2.

    A female given name, a diminutive of Catherine.

Forms

plural: cates

Related words

See also: catherine, kate, katie
Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, treat

Etymology

As a noun: from Middle English cate, shortened from acate ("provisions"), from Old French acater ("to buy"), from Latin accaptare. Now archaic except in literary contexts. As a name: a short form of Catherine, from Greek Aikaterine, possibly meaning "pure."