Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

per fess

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: per fess
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

(Partitioned) horizontally; (especially) partitioned horizontally into two halves (formally party per fess).

Example Sentences

"per fess gules and argent; tierced per fess"

Questions

What does per fess mean?: (Partitioned) horizontally; (especially) partitioned horizontally into two halves (formally party per fess).

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