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elocute
elocute, v. (ˈɛləkjuːt) [Playful back-formation f. elocution.] To practise elocution; to declaim in an elocutionary manner.1884 ‘Mark Twain’ Huck. Finn 315 They didn't yellocute long till the audience got up. 1896 Idler Mar. 183/1 ‘Elocute’ as he might, his reputation was always overshadowed by that... Oxford English Dictionary
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Marcus Wicker
originally published in the Southern Indiana Review (Spring 2012), and the Missouri Review'''s 2016 Miller Audio Prize Contest for his poem "Watch us Elocute wikipedia.org
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List of English back-formations
cleaning E eave from eaves eavesdrop from eavesdropper edit from editor (from Latin stem edere, to bring forth) electrocute from electrocution elocute wikipedia.org
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shark
▪ I. shark, n.1 (ʃɑːk) Also 6–7 sharke. [Of obscure origin. The word seems to have been introduced by the sailors of Captain (afterwards Sir John) Hawkins's expedition, who brought home a specimen which was exhibited in London in 1569. The source from which they obtained the word has not been ascert... Oxford English Dictionary
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hot
▪ I. hot, hott, n.1 Obs. exc. dial. (hɒt) [a. OF. hotte a pannier or creel, supposed to be of Ger. origin: cf. Ger. hotte, Swiss hutte a vintager's dorser, a tub or basket carried on the back. (See also hod n.1) Sense 3 is possibly a different word.] 1. A kind of basket or pannier for carrying earth... Oxford English Dictionary
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