EXEGESIS

PRONUNCIATION: (ek-suh-JEE-sis)

MEANING: noun: An explanation or interpretation, especially a critical interpretation of a text.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek exegesis, from exegeisthai (to interpret), from ex- (out) + hegeisthai (to lead). Earliest documented use: 1600.
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ELEGESIS - the writing of a mournful poem

EX-AEGESIS - having formerly been shielded

EX-EGESTS - projectile vomiting in the past