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PERORATE
Definition of PERORATE
verb
To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.
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Where it comes from
First attested in 1603; borrowed from Latin perōrātus, perfect passive participle of perōrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, per- + orate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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 (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERORATE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERORATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERORATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEOPRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PERORA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERORATE?
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