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RECIDIVATE
Definition of RECIDIVATE
verb
To relapse into a previous pattern of behavior, especially to commit new offenses after having been punished or sanctioned for earlier ones.
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Where it comes from
Adapted borrowing of Medieval Latin recidīvātus + -ate (verb-forming suffix), past participle of recidīvō, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Compare French récidiver. By surface analysis, recidive + -ate
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 (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RECIDIVATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RECIDIVATE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIIRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start RECIDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RECIDIVATE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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