spirituelle
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Laughter may be generally classed under three heads,—forced, silly, or vulgar; but hers is the most sweet, real, spirituelle sound possible..."
- "Noble in person and in dress and of an unconscious majesty of demeanor, the beauty of the daughter of Marguerite de Valois was far beyond that of the conventional, artful beauties of her day; hers was a spirituelle, eloquent sweetness, […]"
- "[…] he was a little above medium height, well built and with a brisk step; his hair was black, his complexion deep brown, his physiognomy very spirituelle, his features regular."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisbor. French spirituellebor. English spirituelle Borrowed from French spirituelle.