Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

verdour

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-dour
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"He beareth Argent, three ſterued branches, ſlipped Sable, by the name of Blackſtocke. This Example is of different nature from all the former, thoſe bearing the ſignes of their vegetation and life, but this being mortified and vnueſted of the verdour which ſometimes it had ; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English verdour, a variation of verdure, from Middle French verdour, verdure.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: verdour

Usage

Inflected Forms

verdours (plural)

Questions

What does verdour mean?: Verdure.
Where does verdour come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce verdour

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