Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

descepter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-scepter
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To deprive of a scepter; to deprive of the status of monarch or of authority.

Example Sentences

"Shall the czar be desceptered, or shall the publishers and the reading public remain subject to his sway?"
"king cotton topples from his throne[…]Desceptering King Cotton The textile factories of Britain were heavily dependent on Southern cotton, and the Confederates were unshakably confident that the British fleet would be forced to break the blockade. Why did King Cotton fail them?"
"The October rose, done-for, deposed dowager majarani of the sideyard, munificent Persian slumped on her cane, uncrowned, desceptered, undeceptive, now leans against my neighbor’s fence, the image of feigned indifference."

Etymology

From de- + scepter.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Inflected Forms

descepters (present, singular) desceptering (participle, present) desceptered (participle, past) desceptered (past) desceptre (alternative)

Synonyms

unscepter

Questions

What does descepter mean?: To deprive of a scepter; to deprive of the status of monarch or of authority.
Where does descepter come from?: From de- + scepter.

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