Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unbeleaguered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-be-lea-guered
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not beleaguered.

Example Sentences

"We had but one gate unbeleaguered, the Chapel Gate, leading to Choisy and the north-east. Now were we straitened for provender, notably for fresh meat, and men were driven, as in a city beleaguered, to eat the flesh of dead horses, and even of rats and dogs[…]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English beleaguer English -ed English beleaguered English unbeleaguered From un- + beleaguered.

Questions

What does unbeleaguered mean?: Not beleaguered.
Where does unbeleaguered come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English beleaguer English -ed English beleaguered English unbeleaguered From un- + beleaguered.

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