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sufflaminate

sufflaminate verb: to obstruct.

Verb

sufflaminate (third-person singular simple present sufflaminates, present participle sufflaminating, simple past and past participle sufflaminated)

  1. (archaic) To obstruct.
    • An Ideal Husband is a very able and entertaining piece of work, charmingly written, wherever Mr. Wilde can find it in his heart to sufflaminate his wit.1896: William Archer, The Theatrical ‘World’ of 1893–[97], page 18 (W. Scott, ltd.)

Forms of sufflaminate

third-person singular presentsufflaminates
present participlesufflaminating
past participlesufflaminated
pastsufflaminated

Origin of sufflaminate

From Latin sufflāminō (“clog, block”).

Questions about sufflaminate

What does sufflaminate mean?
Sufflaminate means to obstruct.
What part of speech is sufflaminate?
Sufflaminate is a verb.
What is the past tense of sufflaminate?
The past tense of sufflaminate is sufflaminated.

Words near sufflaminate in the dictionary

  1. suffixlessness
  2. suffixlike
  3. suffixness
  4. suffixoid
  5. suffixoids
  6. sufflaminate
  7. sufflaminated
  8. sufflaminates
  9. sufflaminating
  10. sufflate
  11. sufflated

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