EXCUBANT

PRONUNCIATION: (EKS-kyoo-buhnt)

MEANING: adjective: On guard.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin excubare (to lie on guard), from ex- (out) + cubare (to lie down), which also gave us cube, cubicle, concubine, and incubate. Earliest documented use: 1831.
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EXCUBART - pictures drawn by former boy scouts

EXCURRANT - a former berry

EXCUMBANT - the ousted ruler