Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compascuity

/kəmˈpæskju.ɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-pas-cu-ity
IPA: /kəmˈpæskju.ɪti/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The shared right to graze animals on the same pasture.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the sequel this theft cost the Dalai Lama his throne, British operations to this effect being made easier through the friendliness of the frontier Tibetans, who were ‘in compascuity’ with British subjects."
"[…] often establishing zones of compascuity […]"
"[…] that compascuity be adopted so that there would be fewer concentrations of animals to watch and each pasture could be guarded by two or three men well-armed with fusils."
"In France, the regimes that followed the fall of Charles X in 1830 viewed economic growth as essential for social, national, and international stability, which, on the Basque borderland, meant support for locals’ demands for compascuity."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin compāscuitās, from compāscuus + -itās.

Word Breakdown

Root: compāscuitās

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce compascuity?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmˈpæskju.ɪti/.
What does compascuity mean?: The shared right to graze animals on the same pasture.
Where does compascuity come from?: From Medieval Latin compāscuitās, from compāscuus + -itās.

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