Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedarken

/bɪˈdɑːkn̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-dark-en
IPA: /bɪˈdɑːkn̩/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make dim, or to darken, or obscure.

Example Sentences

"#*: for light spreads; all human souls, never so bedarkened, love light; light once kindled spreads, till all is luminous"
"Even if there had been a glimmer of light, the dust would have robbed us of it; it was dense enough to bedarken an out-of-doors spot."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English darken English bedarken From be- + darken.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /bɪˈdɑːkn̩/

Inflected Forms

bedarkens (present, singular) bedarkening (participle, present) bedarkened (participle, past) bedarkened (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce bedarken?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈdɑːkn̩/.
What does bedarken mean?: To make dim, or to darken, or obscure.
Where does bedarken come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English darken English bedarken From be- + darken.

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