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deadhere

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dead-here
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To detach (from)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereōder. Middle English *adheren English adhere English deadhere From de- + adhere.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

deadheres (present, singular) deadhering (participle, present) deadhered (participle, past) deadhered (past)

Synonyms

deadhere debond deglutinate detach uncling unglue unpaste unstick

Antonyms

adhere

Questions

What does deadhere mean?
To detach (from)
Where does deadhere come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereōder. Middle English *adheren English adhere English deadhere From de- + adhere.

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