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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manslaught

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
manslaught
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Manslaughter.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English manslagt, manslaȝt, from Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), equivalent to man + slaught. Cognate with Middle Low German manslacht, Middle High German manslaht, Danish mandslæt.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: manslagt, mansliht

Usage

Questions

What does manslaught mean?
Manslaughter.
Where does manslaught come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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