Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

additament

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ad-di-ta-ment
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An addition; something added.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Whenever any menstruum or other additament is employed, together with the fire, to obtain a sulphur or a salt from a body, we may well take the freedom to examine, whether or no the menstruum do barely help to separate the principle obtained by it..."
"Nature has furnish'd his foot with another additament much more curious and admirable, and that is, with a couple of Palms, Patterns or Soles […]"
"15 March 1806, Charles Lamb, letter to Mr. Hazlitt And there are you perverting Nature in lying landscapes, filched from old rusty Titians, such as I can scrape up here to send you, with an additament from Shropshire nature thrown in to make the whole look unnatural."

Etymology

From Latin additāmentum, from the past participle stem of addere (“to add”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: additāmentum

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

additaments (plural)

Questions

What does additament mean?: An addition; something added.
Where does additament come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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