Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disentomb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-en-tomb
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove from a tomb.

Example Sentences

"1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter IX, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt […] the three men emerged into the open air in a queer looking depression about thirty feet deep. The sun shone into it fiercely, and the disentombed travellers were nearly blinded by its effulgence."
"He passed through the doorway into the back room, where several customers disentombed lost novels from the deep shelves."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English entomb English disentomb From dis- + entomb.

Inflected Forms

disentombs (present, singular) disentombing (participle, present) disentombed (participle, past) disentombed (past)

Derived Forms

disentombment

Synonyms

exhume disinter untomb ungrave

Questions

What does disentomb mean?: To remove from a tomb.
Where does disentomb come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English entomb English disentomb From dis- + entomb.

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