Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extirp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tirp
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To extirpate (something).

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Yes in good ſooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is vvell allied, but it is impoſſible to extirpe it quite, Frier, till eating and drinking be put dovvne."

Etymology

From French extirper, from Latin exstirpō (“to uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) + stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of extirpate.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: extirper, exstirpō

Usage

Inflected Forms

extirps (present, singular) extirping (participle, present) extirped (participle, past) extirped (past)

Derived Forms

extirpable

Questions

What does extirp mean?: To extirpate (something).
Where does extirp come from?: It is traced to French.

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