Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exuviate

/ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-u-vi-ate
IPA: /ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).

Example Sentences

"Like any arthropod encased in a rigid exoskeleton, a trilobite must periodically moult, or exuviate, in order to grow."
"Although multicultural societies are difficult to manage, they need not become a political nightmare and might even become exciting if we exuviate our long traditional preoccupation with a culturally homogeneous and tightly structured polity and allow them instead to intimate their own appropriate institutional forms, modes of governance, and moral and political virtues."

Etymology

From Latin exuviae (“what is shed”), from exuō (“cast off, strip”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/
British English: /ɪɡˈzjuː.vɪ.eɪt/

Inflected Forms

exuviates (present, singular) exuviating (participle, present) exuviated (participle, past) exuviated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

exuviae exuvial exuviation exuvious

Synonyms

moult molt slough shed

Questions

How do you pronounce exuviate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/.
What does exuviate mean?: To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
Where does exuviate come from?: From Latin exuviae (“what is shed”), from exuō (“cast off, strip”).

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