Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

travailsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tra-vail-some
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterized by or involving travail.

Archaic; Literary

Example Sentences

"Admitte than, ſome one, (as the Poetes feigne by Iupiter) ſhulde out of an high high^([sic]) place behold and ſee in how many miſeries mans life is wꝛapped, how wꝛetched and vile his byꝛthe is, how harde his bꝛingyng vp, how weake and pewlyng his childhode, how trauailſome his youthe, how heauy his age, and laſt how feareful his death were."
"For amid the travailsome throes of this political hurly burly is sent a prime sensation to relieve the tension of the public mind."
"Tamino falls instantly in love with the picture and agrees to save Pamina from her fate. To help him in his travailsome travels, the Queen gives him a magic flute."

Etymology

From travail + -some. Piecewise doublet of travelsome.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: travail

Usage

Inflected Forms

more travailsome (comparative) most travailsome (superlative)

Synonyms

travailous

Questions

What does travailsome mean?: Characterized by or involving travail.
Where does travailsome come from?: From travail + -some. Piecewise doublet of travelsome.

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