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eventerate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
even-ter-ate
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rip open; to disembowel.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

Likely a "relatinized" calque of French éventrer, from Latin ē(x)- (“out”) + Latin venter (“belly”, ventr- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix); this should have given *eventrate, compare its obsolete doublet eventrate and orienate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

eventerates (present, singular) eventerating (participle, present) eventerated (participle, past) eventerated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

eventration

Questions

What does eventerate mean?
To rip open; to disembowel.
Where does eventerate come from?
Likely a "relatinized" calque of French éventrer, from Latin ē(x)- (“out”) + Latin venter (“belly”, ventr- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix); this should have given *eventrate, compare its obsolete doublet eventrate and orienate.

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