Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unlaving

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: unlav-ing
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not washing; not bathing.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"The poem concluded, those who took only the cold bath began to undress; they […] withdrew into that graceful and circular building which yet exists, to shame the unlaving posterity of the south."
"Together with a number of allied plants, the peasants in the Holy Land burn it for exportation still; and the soap used by the unlaving Greeks and Egyptians is nearly all of it imported from Nablus — the ancient Shechem of the Bible — in Palestine."

Etymology

From un- + laving.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does unlaving mean?: Not washing; not bathing.
Where does unlaving come from?: From un- + laving.

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