Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disease boat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: dis-ease boat
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In early societies, a boat, canoe, etc., in which community members suffering from a disease were exiled in the belief that the evil spirits of the disease would be carried away.

Example Sentences

"The loading of diseases into disease-boats, of sins onto scape-goats, the propitiation of the forces of nature by victims, human or animal, sacrifices, ceremonies of re-birth, eucharistic feasts, sexual communions, orgiastic celebrations of the common life, and a host of other things — all said plainly enough what was meant, but not in words."

Inflected Forms

disease boats (plural)

Rhymes With

end quote end of quote two hundred fifty-sixth note quot. entrecôte blót

Questions

What does disease boat mean?: In early societies, a boat, canoe, etc., in which community members suffering from a disease were exiled in the belief that the evil spirits of the disease would be carried away.

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