exuvium

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exuvium

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Perhaps from Latin exuvium, or perhaps an independent back-formation from exuvia, under the impression that exuvia is the plural of a Latin second-declension neuter noun exuvium, whereas exuvia is in reality the regularised first-declension singular of Latin exuviae.

noun exuvia · exuviums

Synonym of exuviae. 1654 Simeon Ashe Loe here th' exuvium of that heavenly soul, Who living did by's words and works controule The power of Sin and Satan ; and whose breath Redeem'd poor souls from darkness, and from death, And by bis pious Doctrine did convince The sly Temptations of that ayery Prince.
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@misc{exuvium_2026,
  title = {exuvium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exuvium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}