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   germane

   /dʒəːˈmeɪn/

   adjective

   • 1. relevant to a subject under consideration: "that is not germane to our theme"

   Word Origin early 17th century: variant of german, with which it was synonymous from Middle English. The current sense has arisen from a usage in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

   Derivatives

   • 1. germanely adverb
   • 2. germaneness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

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