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scotomize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sco-tomize
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To avoid or forget an undesirable memory or trauma.

Etymology

By surface analysis, scot- + -omize, from -oma + -ize.

Inflected Forms

scotomizes (present, singular) scotomizing (participle, present) scotomized (participle, past) scotomized (past)

Questions

What does scotomize mean?
To avoid or forget an undesirable memory or trauma.
Where does scotomize come from?
By surface analysis, scot- + -omize, from -oma + -ize.

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