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inexpiate

/ɪnˈɛkspiət/

inexpiate adjective: not appeased or placated.

Adjective

inexpiate (comparative more inexpiate, superlative most inexpiate)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) Not appeased or placated.
    • To rest inexpiate were much too rude a part.[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer...
    Synonyms:
    inexpiated

Synonyms of inexpiate

Forms of inexpiate

comparativemore inexpiate
superlativemost inexpiate

Origin of inexpiate

From Latin inexpiātus. See in- (“not”) + expiate.

Questions about inexpiate

What does inexpiate mean?
Inexpiate means not appeased or placated.
What part of speech is inexpiate?
Inexpiate is an adjective.
How do you pronounce inexpiate?
Inexpiate is pronounced /ɪnˈɛkspiət/.

Words near inexpiate in the dictionary

  1. inexpertnesses
  2. inexperts
  3. inexpiable
  4. inexpiableness
  5. inexpiably
  6. inexpiate
  7. inexpiated
  8. inexplainable
  9. inexplainably
  10. inexplicabilities
  11. inexplicability

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