Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forspill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-spill
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To destroy; ruin; lose.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"In fine, all these treasures, like snow on the wold, Three days lain, then to nothing forspilled, suppose."
"In questing for the talisman That ruled the wished-for treasure, The world on me, for grief of her, Was all forspilled; and 'twas not."

Etymology

From Middle English forspillen, from Old English forspillan, forspildan (“to waste, lose, disperse, bring to nothing, destroy, ruin, kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *furispilþijan. Equivalent to for- + spill. Cognate with Old High German farspildan, Dutch verspillen (“to waste”), Swedish förspilla (“to waste”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: for
Root: forspillen, forspillan, *furispilþijan

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

forspills (present, singular) forspilling (participle, present) forspilled (participle, past) forspilled (past) forspilt (participle, past) forspilt (past)

Questions

What does forspill mean?: To destroy; ruin; lose.
Where does forspill come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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