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8 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb make long or longer by pulling and stretching
adjective (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
adjective having notably more length than width; being long and slender
originFrom Late Middle English elongat, elongate (“kept away; different or remote in nature”, adjective), borrowed from Late Latin ēlongātus (“having been stretched out, elongated; prolonged, protracted; having been kept aloof, removed”) + Middle English -at (suffix forming participles). Ēlongātus is the perfect passive participle of ēlongō (“to prolong, protract; to keep aloof, remove; to depart,…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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- tangelo 8
- eaglet 7
- engaol 7
- gelant 7
- gelate 7
- gelato 7
- gentle 7
- goatee 7
- legate 7
- legato 7
- negate 7