DEFENESTRATION


Meaning of DEFENESTRATION in English

■ noun formal or humorous the action of throwing someone out of a window.

Derivatives

defenestrate verb

Origin

C17: from mod. L. defenestratio(n-) , from de- + L. fenestra 'window'.

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