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Word: Parasitic
Speech Type: Adjective
early 17th century: via Latin from Greek parasitikos, from parasitos ‘(person) eating at another's table’
ˌparəˈsɪtɪk
(of an organism) living as a parasite
Short Definition:living as parasite
Examples:- mistletoe is parasitic on trees
habitually relying on or exploiting others
Short Definition:habitually exploiting others
Examples:- attacks on the parasitic existence of Party functionaries
(of a speech sound) inserted without etymological justification (e.g. the b in thimble); epenthetic.
Short Definition:inserted without etymological justification
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