English Explanatory Dictionary

expiscate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out or rummage (for information)

Word forms

expiscate expiscates expiscating expiscated

Etymology

From Latin expiscatus, past participle of expiscari (“to fish out”), from ex (“out”) + piscari (“to fish”), piscis (“fish”). By surface analysis, ex- + Latin pisc- + -ate.

Related words

expiscation expiscatory
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