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Today's Word "exegete"

Person who explains written works on

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exegete \EK-suh-jeet\ (noun) - A person who explains or interprets difficult parts of written works.

"Haunted by the mystery of my patron saint, I stumbled for a long time over an enigma which no exegete has yet cleared up." -- Michel Tournier, 'Gemini'

 

Exegete is from Greek exegetes, from the verb exegeisthai, "to interpret," and is related to exegesis.


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