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sibbens

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sibbens
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A contagious disease, once endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws and marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. It was thought to be like syphillis.

Uncountable

Etymology

Uncertain.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sivvens (alternative) sivens (alternative)

Questions

What does sibbens mean?
A contagious disease, once endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws and marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. It was thought to be like syphillis.
Where does sibbens come from?
Uncertain.

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