Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Wednesday Word: Crepitate


crepitate |ˈkrepəˌtāt|verb [ intrans. ]make a crackling sound the night crepitates with an airy, whistling cacophony [as adj. ( crepitating) spidery fingers of crepitating electricity.DERIVATIVEScrepitant |ˈkrepətənt| adjectiveORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘break wind’ ): from Latin crepitat- ‘crackled, rustled,’ from the verb crepitare, from crepare ‘to rattle.’

Do fireworks crepitate?

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