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inusitate

inusitate adjective: unusual.

Adjective

inusitate (comparative more inusitate, superlative most inusitate)

  1. (archaic) Unusual.
    • a phrase inusitate to English ears1643, John Bramhall, Serpent Salve
    • It is the objection to archaic, foreign, and otherwise inusitate words […]1908, George Saintsbury, Classical and mediaeval criticism

Forms of inusitate

comparativemore inusitate
superlativemost inusitate

Origin of inusitate

From Latin inūsitātus (“unusual; new; unseen; different”). See use.

Questions about inusitate

What does inusitate mean?
Inusitate means unusual.
What part of speech is inusitate?
Inusitate is an adjective.

Words near inusitate in the dictionary

  1. inurned
  2. inurning
  3. inurnment
  4. inurnments
  5. inurns
  6. inusitate
  7. inusitation
  8. inust
  9. inustion
  10. inustions
  11. inutile

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