EXOLETE

PRONUNCIATION: (EK-suh-leet, ek-suh-LEET)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Obsolete.
2. Stale.
3. Faded.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin exoletus , past participle of exolescere (to be obsolete), from ex- (out) + -olescere (to grow). Earliest documented use: 1611.
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EVOLETE - changing and developing

REXOLETE - regal, kinglike

EXPLETE - interject a taboo word