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English
Etymology
From Latin ex + sufflāre.
Adjective
exsufflicate (comparative more exsufflicate, superlative most exsufflicate)
- (obsolete) empty and inflated; frivolous
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :[…] exchange me for a goat, / When I shall turn the business of my soul / To such exsufflicate and blown surmises […]
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