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Exsufflicate

Ex-suf′fli-cate

,
Adj.
Empty; frivolous.
[A Shakespearean word only once used.]
Such
exsufflicate
and blown surmises.
Shakespeare

Definition 2024


exsufflicate

exsufflicate

English

Adjective

exsufflicate (comparative more exsufflicate, superlative most exsufflicate)

  1. empty, inflated, frivolous
    • 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act 3, Scene 3
      [] exchange me for a goat, / When I shall turn the business of my soul / To such exsufflicate and blown surmises []

References

  • exsufflicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913