Dictionary
Thesaurus
Quotes
Encyclopedia
Translator

Word of the Day

Thursday, July 29, 2010

busticate

\BUHS-ti-keyt\ , verb;
1.
To break into pieces.
Read the full entry|See synonyms|Comment on today's word|Suggest tomorrow's word
Quotes:
We all know that there is nothing so easy to macerate, percolate, absquatulate and totally busticate as the Ten Commandments.
-- The Pharmaceutical Era (newspaper), 1908.
A security contest is being held by Google to try and busticate their native client code.
-- Dr. Raid (Blog pseudonym), "Google Native Client security contest," Graduated Script Kiddie blog, March, 2009.
Origin:
Busticate came into existence in the Northern United States during the 19th Century, as the common verb bust became wedded to the Latin root -icate. This phenomenon occurred across the U.S.; another example is the Southern coinage argufy.
Related Searches
Unsubscribe | Change Email | Subscribe
Previous
Words of the Day
behemoth, nitid, potlatch, don, zaftig, fulgurate, morganatic
See All »
Get Word of the Day
Free Email Sign Up
Other Delivery Options:
SMS-Text WDAY to 44636.
Standard messaging rates apply
iGoogle
Mac
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Spanish
x
FacebookTwitter
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved.
Partner Sites:
MerchantCircleThe Daily BeastUrbanspoonAsk AnswersAsk KidsBloglinesSendoriMotifAnswers