English
exsufflicate
Exsufflicate comes from Latin ex.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604exsufflicate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604exsufflicate
Earliest quotation: c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice: “[…] exchange me for a goat, / When I…”
Linked words
through Latin ex
exchange, ex, squash, extort, extenuating, affray, enunciation, excommunicate, 10 more
Today it means
adj empty and inflated; frivolous
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ex / exsufflicate