subalternate

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/səˈbɔːltə(ɹ)nət/

Definition of subalternate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Succeeding by turns; successive.
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adj

  1. Succeeding by turns; successive.
  2. Subaltern; inferior; subordinate.
    “[S]uch as are Sative and Hortenſial ſubalternate to the other; [...]”
    “To which Two Species of Tyranny as subalternate things to the Genus, the other innumerable Courses they took to extirpate and make this a desolate People, may be reduced and referr'd.”
    “Further, the same thing should not be placed in different genera. Now "substance" and "evidence" are different genera, and neither is subalternate to the other. Therefore it is unfitting to state that faith is both "substance" and "evidence."”

noun

  1. A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one.

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Etymology

From sub- + alternate.

Anagrams of subalternate

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