Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unbaleful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-bale-ful
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not baleful, harmless, innocent.

Example Sentences

"The Unbaleful Bourbon"
"In the old days 'pourings on to boats' in New York were an ideal curtain to a visit: particularly in prohibition days, when you knew that in a very litde while you would be on a bar stool, ordering a legitimate and unbaleful glass of morning beer."
"Handle creaks, cattlecake flies like a shuttlecock, rattles the pailful: Sniff while the harm of death dies by the charm of breath, all bales unbaleful."

Etymology

From Middle English unbaleful, from Old English unbealuful, equivalent to un- + baleful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un-
Root: unbaleful, unbealuful

Inflected Forms

more unbaleful (comparative) most unbaleful (superlative)

Derived Forms

unbalefully

Questions

What does unbaleful mean?: Not baleful, harmless, innocent.
Where does unbaleful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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