Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elixate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: elix-ate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To boil; to seethe.

Obsolete

verb

To extract by boiling or seething.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Polypody must be contunded and elixated; whereunto , when moderately cocted , Prunes , Raisins , Wormwood , Epithymum , Binde - weed , Roses , and Liquorice must be added"

Etymology

From Latin ēlixātus, past participle of ēlixāre (“to seethe”), from ēlixus (“thoroughly boiled”), from ex + *lixus (“fluid, flowing”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“moist, to wet”) and thus cognate with Latin lixa (“water; lye”) and liqueō (“to be liquid, fluid”).

Origin

Source language: Proto-Indo-European

Word Breakdown

Root: *wleykʷ-

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

elixates (present, singular) elixating (participle, present) elixated (participle, past) elixated (past)

Questions

What does elixate mean?: To boil; to seethe.
Where does elixate come from?: It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

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