exsufflicate

English

Etymology

From Latin ex + sufflāre.

Adjective

exsufflicate (comparative more exsufflicate, superlative most exsufflicate)

1. (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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     […] exchange me for a goat, / When I shall turn the business of my soul / To such exsufflicate and blown surmises […]

References

• “exsufflicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.