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exsufflicate

exsufflicate adjective: empty and inflated; frivolous.

Adjective

exsufflicate (comparative more exsufflicate, superlative most exsufflicate)

  1. (obsolete) empty and inflated; frivolous
    • […] exchange me for a goat, / When I shall turn the business of my soul / To such exsufflicate and blown surmises […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of exsufflicate

comparativemore exsufflicate
superlativemost exsufflicate

Origin of exsufflicate

From Latin ex + sufflāre.

Questions about exsufflicate

What does exsufflicate mean?
Exsufflicate means empty and inflated; frivolous.
What part of speech is exsufflicate?
Exsufflicate is an adjective.

Words near exsufflicate in the dictionary

  1. exsufflated
  2. exsufflates
  3. exsufflating
  4. exsufflation
  5. exsufflations
  6. exsufflicate
  7. Exsultet
  8. exsuscitate
  9. exsuscitates
  10. exsuscitation
  11. exsymbiotic

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