effodient

English

Etymology

From Latin effodiēns, present participle of effodiō (“to dig out”); ex + fodiō (“to dig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈfəʊdiənt/

Adjective

effodient (not comparable)

1. (rare) Digging up.
   • 1886, Alexander Winchell, Walks and talks in the geological field:

     When the supply falls short he employs his powerful effodient feet to hurl the earth from the roots of the tree and bring it down by his colossal strength.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “effodient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Verb

effodient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of effodiō