extruct

English

Etymology

From Latin extructus, exstructus, past participle of extruere, exstruere (“to build up”), from ex (“out”) + struere (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɹʌkt/
• Rhymes: -ʌkt

Verb

extruct (third-person singular simple present extructs, present participle extructing, simple past and past participle extructed)

1. (obsolete) To construct.
   • a. 1763, John Byrom, Critical Remarks in English and Latin, upon several Passages in Horace:

     These high extructed Spires he writ / That mortal Deltius must quit.