aliment
/ˈæ.lɪ.mənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.72 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; [...]"
- "As when Demosthenes reprehended the people for hearkening to the conditions offered by King Philip, being not honourable nor equal, he saith they were but aliments of their sloth and weakness, which if they were taken away, necessity would teach them stronger resolutions."
- "All this monotony might be a good aliment for a poet but what if one had no gifts?"
- "Yet there would also be many – and not simply the powerful and ultra-privileged – who lost out, and whose discontent operated as a kind of political yeast, alimenting ‘unpatriotic’ thoughts and acts."
Etymology
From French aliment, from Latin alimentum (“food”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈæ.lɪ.mənt/