exercitie
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin exercitium. The gender was probably changed to conform with many other nouns on -(it)ie.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]exercitie f (plural exercities)
- drill, military exercise
- exercise, problem on which one practices as part of training
- (formal, by extension) exercise, any act of putting something into practice
- Tweets melden vanwege belabberde spelling is een exercitie in zinloosheid.
- Reporting tweets on the basis of dreadful spelling is an exercise in futility.
- (obsolete) exercise, training, both mental and physical
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Negerhollands: exercitie, exercischie