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mussitate
[ muhs-i-teyt ]
/ ˈmʌs ɪˌteɪt /
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verb (used without object), mus·si·tat·ed, mus·si·tat·ing.Obsolete.
to mutter; mumble.
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Origin of mussitate
1620–30; <Latin mussitātus (past participle of mussitāre to mutter), equivalent to muss(āre) to mutter + -it- frequentative suffix + -ātus-ate1
Words nearby mussitate
mussel, mussel crab, musselcracker, Musset, Musset's sign, mussitate, mussitation, Mussolini, Mussolini, Benito, Mussorgsky, Mussulman
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