Etymology

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Today it means: Not elaborate; crude; unfinished. Full definition →

Latin ēlabōrātus
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  1. Latin · derived fromēlabōrātus
  2. English todayinelaborate

First attested in 1650; from in- + elaborate, from Latin ēlabōrātus.

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