Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

verb. sap.

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: ver-b. s-ap.
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Abbreviation of verbum sapienti.

Example Sentences

"[…] everything’s permitted to the poor drunkard, particularly if he’s only a poor colonial and doesn’t know any better. Verb sap."

Etymology

A shortening of Latin verbum sapienti sat est (“a word is enough to a wise man”). Compare verbum sat.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Questions

What does verb. sap. mean?: Abbreviation of verbum sapienti.
Where does verb. sap. come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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