Added 10 October 2026
acrotism
noun
Latin root: acrotismus Wiktionary
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Origin
From New Latin acrotismus, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, privative a) + κρότος (krótos, “a rattling, beating”) + -ismus.
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