Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

effacement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: ef-face-ment
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Among the many very baffling inconsistencies of Shakespeare's life the outstanding mystery is surely this: that of all his prolific work […] not a line of manuscript is known to exist today. Nothing approaching this complete effacement can be paralleled in literary history […]"
"Native Americans seem to have always placed great value on silence and direct experience, and in indigenous cultures in general, silence denotes respect and self-effacement."

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French esfacier French effacer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French effacementbor. English effacement Borrowed from French effacement.

Usage

Inflected Forms

effacements (plural)

Phrases

self-effacement

Synonyms

self-effacement

Questions

What does effacement mean?: The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
Where does effacement come from?: Etymology tree Old French esfacier French effacer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French effacementbor. English effacement Borrowed from French effacement.

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