Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

touching the hem of someone's garment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
touch-ing the hem of -some-one's -gar-ment
IPA
53
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of touch the hem of someone's garment

Questions

What does touching the hem of someone's garment mean?
present participle and gerund of touch the hem of someone's garment

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