adj.
/
ɑːˈtɪkjʊlət/
- fluent and clear in speech.
- technical having joints or jointed segments.
▸Zoology denoting a brachiopod which has projections and sockets that form a hinge joining the two halves of the shell.
v.
/
ɑːˈtɪkjʊleɪt/
- pronounce (words) distinctly.
▸clearly express (an idea or feeling).
- form a joint.
▸
(be articulated)
be connected by joints.
Derivative
- articulable adj.
- articulacy n.
- articulated adj.
- articulately adv.
- articulateness n.
- articulatory adj.
Etymology
C16: from L. articulat-, articulare ‘divide into joints, utter distinctly’, from articulus (see article).