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11 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb become worse or disintegrate
verb grow worse
originLearned borrowing from Late Latin dēteriorātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin dēteriorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from Latin dēterior (“worse”). Cognate with French détériorer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- reiterated 11
- retreated 10
- reiterate 9
- adroiter 9
- iterated 9
- retorted 9
- teratoid 9
- traditor 9
- attired 8
- dottier 8
- readier 8
- reedier 8