Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrapt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: wrapt
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Misspelling of rapt.

verb

simple past and past participle of wrap

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Lo! where the ſtripling, wrapt in wonder, roves / Beneath the precipice o'erhung with pine; […]"
"The piano-forté, at which Marianne, wrapt up in her own music and her own thoughts, had by this time forgotten that any body was in the room besides herself, was luckily so near them that Miss Dashwood now judged, she might safely, under the shelter of its noise, introduce the interesting subject, without any risk of being heard at the card table."

Etymology

From rapt, by overuse of ⟨wr⟩. Compare rack/wrack; see usage notes for rack.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more wrapt (comparative) most wrapt (superlative)

Questions

What does wrapt mean?: Misspelling of rapt.
Where does wrapt come from?: From rapt, by overuse of ⟨wr⟩. Compare rack/wrack; see usage notes for rack.

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