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enate

Postby Bailey » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:49 pm

e·nate (-nt, nt)
adj.
1. Growing outward.
2. also e·nat·ic (-ntk) Related on the mother's side.
n.
A relative on one's mother's side.



[Latin ntus, past participle of nsc, to issue forth : -, ex-, ex- + nsc, to be born; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]

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Postby skinem » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:11 pm

Great. One more word for my wife to refer to my growing middle...


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