Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defeatment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-feat-ment
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Take heed that defeatments and delays do not subvert and overthrow in you this hope."

Etymology

From defeat (verb) + -ment.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: defeat

Usage

Inflected Forms

defeatments (plural)

Questions

What does defeatment mean?: Defeat.
Where does defeatment come from?: From defeat (verb) + -ment.

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