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Added 10 October 2026

expectorate

/ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/ verb

Latin root: expectorātus Wiktionary

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To cough up fluid from the lungs.
To spit.

Origin

From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorō (“(only figurative) banish from the mind; (post-classical) expel from the breast)”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”).

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