Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beclam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: beclam
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To beclog with anything clammy or sticky.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"In short I feel all over me like a bird whose plumage is beclammed and wings glued to its body with bird-lime."

Etymology

From Middle English *beclammen, from Old English beclæmman, beclemman, from Proto-West Germanic *biklammjan, equivalent to be- + clam. Cognate with West Frisian beklamme, beklamje, Dutch beklemmen, German Low German beklemmen, German beklemmen.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: *beclammen, beclæmman, *biklammjan

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

beclams (present, singular) beclamming (participle, present) beclammed (participle, past) beclammed (past)

Questions

What does beclam mean?: To beclog with anything clammy or sticky.
Where does beclam come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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