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deracine

deracine adjective: having been uprooted.

Adjective

deracine (not comparable)

  1. Having been uprooted.
    • He's the déraciné Irish, such as you find in America.1924, John Buchan, The Three Hostages, page 147

Noun

deracine (plural deracines)

  1. A person who has been uprooted.

Forms of deracine

pluralderacines

Origin of deracine

Borrowed from French déraciné.

Questions about deracine

What does deracine mean?
Deracine means having been uprooted.
What part of speech is deracine?
Deracine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near deracine in the dictionary

  1. deracinated
  2. deracinates
  3. deracinating
  4. deracination
  5. deracinations
  6. deracine
  7. deracines
  8. deracoxib
  9. deradelphus
  10. deradical
  11. deradicalisation

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