Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exolete

/ˈɛksəliːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-o-lete
IPA: /ˈɛksəliːt/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That has gone out of use; disused, obsolete.

Obsolete

adj

That has lost its virtue; effete, insipid.

Obsolete

adj

(of flowers) Faded.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A Greeke inscription which I could not understand by reason of the antiquity of those exolete letters."
"In which [apothecaries’ shops] many…exolete, things out of date are to be had."
"Paganism is ridiculous, Judaism exolete."
"Plautus exolet phrases have been [exploded] from the eloquent orations of Cicero."
"I declaimed…against the use of exolete and interpolated repetitions of old fables."
"The vulgar Carpobalſame…being…faint, rancid, exolet."

Etymology

From the Latin exolētus, the perfect passive participle of exolescō, from ex + olēscō (from oleō + -ēscō).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: exolētus
Suffix: oleō

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɛksəliːt/

Usage

Obsolete

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Botany.

Inflected Forms

exolet (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce exolete?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛksəliːt/.
What does exolete mean?: That has gone out of use; disused, obsolete.
Where does exolete come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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