Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scape-animal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: scape-an-i-mal
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An animal that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is sent out alive into the wilderness to carry away the afflictions.

Example Sentences

"A very common one was to take an animal and, after various ceremonies, to sprinkle it with blood and let it loose as a scape-animal, carrying the disease away."

Etymology

From scape + animal; modelled on scapegoat.

Inflected Forms

scape-animals (plural)

Questions

What does scape-animal mean?: An animal that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is sent out alive into the wilderness to carry away the afflictions.
Where does scape-animal come from?: From scape + animal; modelled on scapegoat.

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