English Explanatory Dictionary

detruncate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To truncate (shorten by cutting, or lop off)

Word forms

detruncate detruncates detruncating detruncated

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dētruncātus, perfect passive participle of dētruncō (“to cut off”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + truncō (“to maim, shorten, cut off”).

Related words

detruncation truncate trunk
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