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deracinate
Sep. 14th, 2005 07:00 amderacinate - v., to pull up by the roots, uproot; displace from one's native environment.
Including the metaphoric extension, forced resettlement. The noun form is deracination. From French déraciner, from Old French desraciner, de-root, from Latin roots. This would make a pretty good name for an alterna-rock band, of the young & disaffected type.
---L.
Including the metaphoric extension, forced resettlement. The noun form is deracination. From French déraciner, from Old French desraciner, de-root, from Latin roots. This would make a pretty good name for an alterna-rock band, of the young & disaffected type.
---L.
