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purgery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
purgery
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A part of a sugarhouse where molasses is drained from sugar.

Etymology

Etymology tree English purge Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English purgery From purge + -ery.

Inflected Forms

purgeries (plural)

Questions

What does purgery mean?
A part of a sugarhouse where molasses is drained from sugar.
Where does purgery come from?
Etymology tree English purge Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English purgery From purge + -ery.

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