gerundal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being or pertaining to a gerund.
Example Sentences
- "The difference between these forms is, however, purely phonetic, since the gerund may also be mutated and the infinitive may appear in gerundal form ..."
- "c. Cartier's defeating Dugué is significant (gerundal or verbal noun clause) d. Nelson saw Cartier defeating Dugué (participial clause)"
Etymology
From gerund + -al.