Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsceptre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-scep-tre
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To deprive of a sceptre; to deprive of the status of monarch or of authority.

Example Sentences

"It is the cuſtome for their Kings to inherite, the ſonne alvvayes taking the Kingdome after his fathers death. If there be no ſonne, then the Queene rules; if no Queene, the next to the blood-royall, vvho comes in othervvise, is but counted an uſurping intruder, and if his faire carriage beare him not out the better, they vvill ſoone unſcepter him."
"Upon the sodden ground / His [the god Saturn’s] old right hand lay nerveless, listless, dead, / Unsceptred; and his realmless eyes were closed; […]"
"Ye hate, shall hatred then unsceptre Zeus, / Or anger empty any throne in heaven?"
"I can make kings and unsceptre them, / Yet cannot give my heart to whom I choose."

Etymology

From un- + sceptre.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

unsceptres (present, singular) unsceptring (participle, present) unsceptred (participle, past) unsceptred (past) unscepter (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

unsceptred

Synonyms

decrown depose descepter dethrone discrown disenthrone dissceptre uncrown unking unthrone

Questions

What does unsceptre mean?: To deprive of a sceptre; to deprive of the status of monarch or of authority.
Where does unsceptre come from?: From un- + sceptre.

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