extraradical

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adjective

Lying outside of a root.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adjectiveextraradical (comparative more extraradical, superlative most extraradical)

comparative more extraradical · superlative most extraradical

  1. Lying outside of a root.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  3. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  4. Latinexter
  5. Latinextrā
  6. Englishextra-
  7. Englishradical
  8. Englishextraradical

From extra- + radical.

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APA

extraradical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraradical

MLA

“extraradical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraradical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extraradical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraradical.

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