The Word of the Day comes from Tamsin Calidas' wonderul memoir, "I am an Island"
DERACINATE
British English
(dɪˈræsɪˌneɪt )
VERB (transitive)
1. to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
2. to remove, as from a natural environment
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Derived forms
deracination (deˌraciˈnation) NOUN
Word origin C16: from Old French desraciner, from des- dis-1 + racine root, from Late Latin rādīcīna a little root, from Latin rādīx a root
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