adept
/əˈdɛpt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.33 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient
Example Sentences
- "Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind."
- "adepts in philosophy"
- "When he had achieved this task, he applied himself to the acquisition of stable language, in which he soon became such an adept, that he would perch outside my window and drive imaginary horses with great skill, all day."
- "Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der. Proto-Italic *apjō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin apīscor Latin adipīscor Latin adeptusbor. French adeptebor. English adept Borrowed from French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: adeptus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈdɛpt/
- British English: /əˈdɛpt/
Inflected Forms
more adept (comparative)
adepter (comparative)
most adept (superlative)
adeptest (superlative)
adepts (plural)