Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purtenance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pur-te-nance
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

possession (something that belongs to someone)

Obsolete

noun

The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman The purtenaunces of purgatory."
"Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof."

Etymology

Clipping of appurtenance.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

purtenances (plural)

Questions

What does purtenance mean?: possession (something that belongs to someone)
Where does purtenance come from?: Clipping of appurtenance.

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