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| EXCESSIVE | | adj. Too much or too great. excessively adv. | |
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| EXCHEQUER | | n. - former government department in charge of national revenue.
- royal or national treasury.
- money of a private individual or group. [medieval latin scaccarium chessboard] | |
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| EXCITABLE | | adj. Easily excited. excitability n. Excitably adv. | |
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| EXCLUSIVE | | —adj. - excluding other things.
- (predic.; foll. By of) not including; except for.
- tending to exclude others, esp. Socially.
- high-class.
- not obtainable elsewhere or not published elsewhere. —n. Article etc. Published by only one newspaper etc. exclusively adv. Exclusiveness n. Exclusivity n. [medieval latin: related to *exclude] | |
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| EXCORIATE | | v. (-ting) 1 a remove skin from (a person etc.) By abrasion. B strip off (skin).
- censure severely. excoriation n. [latin corium hide] | |
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| EXCREMENT | | n. Faeces. excremental adj. [latin: related to *excrete] | |
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| EXCULPATE | | v. (-ting) formal (often foll. By from) free from blame; clear of a charge. exculpation n. Exculpatory adj. [latin culpa blame] | |
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| EXCURSION | | n. Journey (usu. A day-trip) to a place and back, made for pleasure. [latin excurro run out] | |
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| EXCURSIVE | | adj. Literary digressive. | |
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| EXECRABLE | | adj. Abominable. [latin: related to *execrate] | |
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