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race-bait

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

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verb

race-baits (present, singular) race-baiting (participle, present) race-baited (participle, past) race-baited (past)

race-baity

What does race-bait mean?: To engage in race baiting.
Where does race-bait come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *baitijaną Old Norse beitabor. Middle English bayte English bait English -bait English race-bait From race + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).

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