examen

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɪɡˈzeɪ.mən/

Definition of examen

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)examination; inquiry
    “July 11, 1780, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin For this reason I decline answering the question with which you concluded your last, and cannot persuade myself to enter into a critical examen of the two pieces upon Lord Mansfield's loss […]”

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Etymology

From Latin exāmen (“the tongue of a balance, examination”), for exagmen, from exigere (“to weigh accurately, to treat”): compare French examen. See exact.

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