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adlect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
adlect
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To choose or elect, especially to promote someone to higher office before they have served in a lower capacity.

Etymology

From adlēct-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin adlegō, an alternative spelling of allegō (“to select, choose, recruit, or elect; to admit (to or into something)”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *leǵ-, adlegō

Inflected Forms

adlects (present, singular) adlecting (participle, present) adlected (participle, past) adlected (past)

Frequently Paired Words

adlection

Questions

What does adlect mean?
To choose or elect, especially to promote someone to higher office before they have served in a lower capacity.
Where does adlect come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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