Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exorbitate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-or-bi-tate
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go off track or orbit; to deviate.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"If the Planets had moved in those Lines above named; sometimes they would have approached to the Sun as near as the Orb of Mercury, and sometimes have exorbitated beyond the distance of Saturn"
"the earth, […]in imminent danger of exorbitating, or of falling into the sun"

Etymology

From Latin exorbitatus, passive participle of exorbitare. See exorbitant.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: exorbitatus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

exorbitates (present, singular) exorbitating (participle, present) exorbitated (participle, past) exorbitated (past)

Questions

What does exorbitate mean?: To go off track or orbit; to deviate.
Where does exorbitate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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