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Em-
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| en- or em-1 | |
| —prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives | |
| 1. | (from nouns) |
| a. put in or on: entomb; enthrone | |
| b. go on or into: enplane | |
| c. surround or cover with: enmesh | |
| d. furnish with: empower | |
| 2. | (from adjectives and nouns) cause to be in a certain condition: enable; encourage; enrich; enslave |
| [via Old French from Latin in- | |
| em- or em-1 | |
| —prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives | |
| [via Old French from Latin in- | |
| en- or em-2 | |
| —prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives | |
| in; into; inside: endemic | |
| [from Greek (often via Latin); compare | |
| em- or em-2 | |
| —prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives | |
| [from Greek (often via Latin); compare | |
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Word Origin & History
em-
from Fr. assimilation of en- to following labial; also from L. ex-, assimilated to following -m-. Also a prefix used to form verbs from adjectives and nouns.
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Medical Dictionary
em- pref.
Variant of en-2.
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