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ANIMADVERT
Definition of ANIMADVERT
verb
To criticise, to censure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin animadvertō, from Latin animum (“mind”) (accusative singular of animus (“mind; soul; life force”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos (“breath”), from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”)) + Latin advertō (“to turn to”) (from Latin ad- (“to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; near”) + Latin vertō (“to turn”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, ANIMADVERT · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANIMADVERT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANIMADVERT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AADEIMNRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ANIMAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found ANIMADVERT?
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