intestine
/ɪnˈtɛs.taɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.23 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.
Example Sentences
- "Hoping here to end / Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued."
- "It being true that now after fiue yeeres intestine warre with the reuengefull implacable Indians, a firme peace (not againe easily to be broken) hath bin lately concluded[…]."
- "[W]riters ſhould ceaſe from inteſtine hoſtilities; and, inſtead of ſacrificing each other to malice and contempt, endeavour to avert perſecution from the meaneſt of their fraternity."
- "Yet the success of Trajan, however transient, was rapid and specious. The degenerate Parthians, broken by intestine discord, fled before his arms."
- "[…] surrounded by an enemy rendered desperate from the calamities of intestine war."
- "The subdivisions of the tribe have elders over them, to whose authority they frequently pay much more deference than to that of their Chan: they are appointed by popular election, and where distinguished by birth or affluence are called beys, elders, tarchans, or batuers; but if their conduct be such as to displease their constituents, they are deposed, and their office transferred to some other party—the natural consequence of these changes is intestine confusion and anarchy, and open defiance of the authority of the Chan and his council."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: intestīnum, intestīnus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈtɛs.taɪn/