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Why Dictionary.com chose ablactate
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- First recorded in 1750–60.
- Combines the prefix ab-⁷, meaning “away from,” + lactate¹, from the Latin lactāre, meaning “to give milk.”
EXAMPLES OF ABLACTATE
- The parents decided to ablactate their twins, following their pediatrician’s advice.
- The zookeepers ablactated the tiger cubs by introducing soft food over a few weeks.
behemoth
noun
any creature or thing of monstrous size or power
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- First recorded between 1350–1400.
- From Hebrew bəhēmōth, meaning “beasts,” where the plural form was likely used to indicate greatness rather than number.
EXAMPLES OF BEHEMOTH
- The museum’s centerpiece, a behemoth dinosaur skeleton, towers over visitors.
- The company became a behemoth, swallowing up smaller companies with ease.
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- First recorded in 1675–85.
- From the Latin dēlitēscere, meaning “to hide away or withdraw.”
EXAMPLES OF DELITESCENT
- A significant part of human creativity stems from our delitescent thoughts.
- The family found refuge in a delitescent village, far from the city noise.
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