Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exhume

/ɛkˈs(j)um/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: ex-hume
IPA: /ɛkˈs(j)um/

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

Transitive verb

verb

To uncover; to bring to light.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel."
"Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill."
"Long dead traditions are exhumed just for the tourists."
"Memorial was permeated by a sense of mission, a moral imperative to exhume the truth and display it to the eyes of its compatriots, whatever feelings of shame, outrage, denial, or shock might ensue."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: exhumō, ex-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɛkˈs(j)um/
British English: /ɛksˈ(h)juːm/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

exhumes (present, singular) exhuming (participle, present) exhumed (participle, past) exhumed (past)

Derived Forms

exhumable exhumation exhumer reexhume unexhumed

Synonyms

dig up disinter unbury unearth

Antonyms

bury inhume inter

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce exhume?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛkˈs(j)um/.
What does exhume mean?: To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
Where does exhume come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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