Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: sess
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To lay a tax upon; to assess.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

noun

A tax; an assessment.

Obsolete

noun

Marijuana, weed.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Remedy for stress is three bags of sess / A day at my rest playin' chess, yes"
"Well, from yuh never put no cocaine inna yuh cigarette. Before, yuh woulda prefer smoke 10 pound of sess."

Etymology

Aphetic form of assess.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sesses (present, singular) sessing (participle, present) sessed (participle, past) sessed (past) cess (alternative) sesses (plural) ses (alternative)

Synonyms

pot grass green goddess dope weed gage sens smoke skunk locoweed mary jane

Questions

What does sess mean?: To lay a tax upon; to assess.
Where does sess come from?: Aphetic form of assess.

How to pronounce sess

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