Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defæcating

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-fæ-cat-ing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of defæcate

Example Sentences

"A married woman, aged 51, was admitted into University College Hospital on July 4th, 1873, with a history of three weeks’ obstruction of the bowels, following upon difficulty in defæcating of some months’ duration."

Questions

What does defæcating mean?: present participle and gerund of defæcate

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