Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disedge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: disedge
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To deprive (something) of an edge; to render blunt; to blunt or dull.

Transitive verb

verb

To take the edge off (someone's) hunger; to satiate.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[T]he pain she had / To keep them in the wild ways of the wood, / Two sets of three laden with jingling arms, / Together, served a little to disedge / The sharpness of that pain about her heart: […]"
"I grieve myself / To think, when thou shalt be disedged by her / That now thou tirest on, how thy memory / Will then be pang'd by me."

Etymology

From dis- + edge.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

disedges (present, singular) disedging (participle, present) disedged (participle, past) disedged (past)

Questions

What does disedge mean?: To deprive (something) of an edge; to render blunt; to blunt or dull.
Where does disedge come from?: From dis- + edge.

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