Etymology

exenterate

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Today it means: To disembowel; to eviscerate. Full definition →

Latin exenterātus
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromexenterātus
  2. English todayexenterate

Learned borrowing from Latin exenterātus, perfect passive participle of exenterō (“to disembowel”). First attested in 1607.

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