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Added 10 October 2026

exsert

/ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)t/ verb

Latin root: exsertus Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about exsert at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To thrust out; to cause to protrude.
Some worms are said to exsert the proboscis.

adjective

Standing out; projecting beyond some other part.
exsert stamens

Origin

From Latin exsertus, past participle of exserō (“to stretch out or forth”). See exert.

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