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INTERNECINE
Definition of INTERNECINE
adjective
Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin internecīnus (“deadly”), from internecium (“a massacre, bloodbath; an eradication”) + -īnus. In Latin, the sememe 'between' was here not expressed by the prefix, it instead either had a somewhat emphatic meaning or meant "down, under", comparable to its use in other Latin terms related to death: see interficiō and intereō. The English current sense is thus a reanalysis of the Latin through English inter-.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INTERNECINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INTERNECINE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEEIINNNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, N and E appear more than once.
Words that start INTERNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INTERNECINE?
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