emarginate

1. 1.

   having a notched tip

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Questions about emarginate

What does emarginate mean?

emarginate means "having a notched tip".

How many syllables are in emarginate?

emarginate has 4 syllables and divides as e-mar-gi-nate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is emarginate a common word?

emarginate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.