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self-injure

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
self--in-jure
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To commit self-injury.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English injure English self-injure From self- + injure.

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-injures (present, singular) self-injuring (participle, present) self-injured (participle, past) self-injured (past)

Questions

What does self-injure mean?
To commit self-injury.
Where does self-injure come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English injure English self-injure From self- + injure.

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