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elater.

That which elates.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪˈleɪ.tə/Received-Pronunciation/əˈleɪ.tɚ/General-American
  1. That which elates.

Where this word comes from

From elate + -er.

noun/ˈɛl.ə.tə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɛl.ə.tɚ/General-American
  1. Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.

    obsolete
  2. A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.

  3. Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).

  4. An elaterid, or click beetle.

Where this word comes from

From New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”).

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