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9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb grind and knead
verb chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
originFrom Latin masticātus, perfect passive participle of masticō (“to chew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Alternatively, back-formation from mastication, either ultimately from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “to grind the teeth”). Compare French mastiquer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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