Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

agenbite

/əˈɡɛnbʌɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: agen-bite
IPA: /əˈɡɛnbʌɪt/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Remorse, ayenbite.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. Agenbite of inwit. Conscience."
"A special property of all social extensions of the body is that they return to plague the inventors in a kind of agenbite of outwit.'"
"But more to the point here, the agenbite is, if not a Jewish condition, then more pervasive among Jews than any other group, by a wide margin."
"[…]habitude of writers challenged by the affliction of an over-agenbite and inwit to match."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle English ayenbite, reflecting Old English agēn (“again, eft, back”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: agēn

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

againbite (alternative) gainbite (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce agenbite?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈɡɛnbʌɪt/.
What does agenbite mean?: Remorse, ayenbite.
Where does agenbite come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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