Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transverberation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: transver-ber-a-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of religious ecstasy characterized by a piercing sensation.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsverberātiō (“empiercement”). By surface analysis, transverberate + -ion.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: trānsverberātiō

Inflected Forms

transverberations (plural)

Questions

What does transverberation mean?: A form of religious ecstasy characterized by a piercing sensation.
Where does transverberation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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