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Added 9 October 2026

coarctate

/kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/ adjective

Latin root: coarctātus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about coarctate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

(of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin coarctātus, perfect participle of coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”), from co- (“being or bringing together, co-”) + arctō (“to draw or press close together”).

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