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effuscate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ef-fus-cate
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of offuscate, itself an obsolete form of obfuscate.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

Latin effuscō.

Usage

Inflected Forms

effuscates (plural)

Questions

What does effuscate mean?
Obsolete form of offuscate, itself an obsolete form of obfuscate.
Where does effuscate come from?
Latin effuscō.

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