forbiddal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-bid-dal
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noun

The act of forbidding something.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The priests and elders among early folk no doubt took the line of forbiddal of activities, as safer and simpler, even if carried sometimes too far, than the opposite, of easy permission and encouragement."

Etymology

Etymology tree English forbid Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English forbiddal From forbid + -al.

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Inflected Forms

forbiddals (plural)

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What does forbiddal mean?

The act of forbidding something.

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