obtruncate

English

Etymology

From Latin obtruncatus, past participle of obtruncare.

Verb

obtruncate (third-person singular simple present obtruncates, present participle obtruncating, simple past and past participle obtruncated)

  1. To deprive of a limb; to lop.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “obtruncate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

obtruncāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of obtruncātus
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