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extenuated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-ten-u-at-ed
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted.

verb

simple past and past participle of extenuate

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English extenuate Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English extenuated From extenuate + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more extenuated (comparative) most extenuated (superlative)

Derived Forms

unextenuated

Questions

What does extenuated mean?
Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted.
Where does extenuated come from?
Etymology tree English extenuate Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English extenuated From extenuate + -ed.

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