9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
noun a special group delegated to consider some matter; - Milton Berle
noun a self-constituted organization to promote something
originFrom commit + -ee, or else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.
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