exeleutherostomize
exeleutherostomize verb: to speak out freely, especially at an inappropriate moment.
Verb
exeleutherostomize (third-person singular simple present exeleutherostomizes, present participle exeleutherostomizing, simple past and past participle exeleutherostomized)
- To speak out freely, especially at an inappropriate moment.
- The heroes of the Iliad—shall we hide it to live, or exeleutherostomize it and die?—are for the most part boors.1854, C. D. Badham, Prose Halieutics, page 181
- The offices of a General Manager of one of the few national banks is not the place to exeleutherostomise.1973, Bryan Stanley Johnson, Christie Malry's Own Double-entry, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 12
Forms of exeleutherostomize
| third-person singular present | exeleutherostomizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | exeleutherostomizing |
| past participle | exeleutherostomized |
| past | exeleutherostomized |
Origin of exeleutherostomize
as if Greek *ἐξελευθεροστομίζειν, < ἐξ out + ἐλεύθερος free + στόμα mouth + -ίζ verbal suffix + -ειν infinitive ending.
Questions about exeleutherostomize
- What does exeleutherostomize mean?
- Exeleutherostomize means to speak out freely, especially at an inappropriate moment.
- What part of speech is exeleutherostomize?
- Exeleutherostomize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of exeleutherostomize?
- The past tense of exeleutherostomize is exeleutherostomized.
Words near exeleutherostomize in the dictionary
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