Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

constult

/kənˈstʌlt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-stult
IPA: /kənˈstʌlt/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To act together in a foolish or stupid manner, to become as great a fool as those around, to behave as much in a foolish or stupid manner as those around.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Now let vs conſtult among our ſelues, How to miſbehaue our ſelues to the Kings worship, […]"
"Some Engliſh Gentlemen with him conſulted And he as nat’rally with them conſtulted : […]"
"Phyſitians after this courſe muſt turn very fools, and become paraſites to putrefactions ; if they dare not own, or cannot attaque either the ſourſe and head of the diſeaſe, or the ſtreams and potency of it, what do they meet and ſit and conſult (or rather conſtult) together?"

Etymology

From Latin con- (“together”) + stultus (“foolish; fool”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: con-

Usage

Inflected Forms

constults (present, singular) constulting (participle, present) constulted (participle, past) constulted (past)

Rhymes With

propreantepenult complisult

Questions

How do you pronounce constult?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈstʌlt/.
What does constult mean?: To act together in a foolish or stupid manner, to become as great a fool as those around, to behave as much in a foolish or stupid manner as those around.
Where does constult come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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