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9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
originBorrowed from French margarine, from acide margarique (“margaric acid”), from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”), in allusion to its pearly lustre, with the suffix -ine, influenced by glycérine (“glycerine”). French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul named margaric acid after its pearl-like crystallization.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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- marring 10
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