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8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line
originFrom Latin lēvir (“husband's brother, brother-in-law”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
- elative 10
- leavier 10
- vealier 10
- eviler 9
- laveer 9
- leaver 9
- levier 9
- liever 9
- relive 9
- reveal 9
- revile 9
- travel 9