exsuccous

/ɛksˈsʌkəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"1658: For that tree seeming dead, will restore it self from the root, and its dry and exuccous leaves resume their verdure again — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 34)"

Latin exsuccus, from ex- + succus ‘juice’.

more exsuccous (comparative) most exsuccous (superlative) exuccous (alternative, obsolete)

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How do you pronounce exsuccous?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɛksˈsʌkəs/.

What does exsuccous mean?

Without juice or sap; completely dry.

Where does exsuccous come from?

It is traced to Latin.

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