Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beduke

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: beduke
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a duke.

Transitive verb

verb

To behave or dress as a duke.

Example Sentences

"I could name (reverently) a dozen illustrious men abundantly dowered with intellectual poverty, anyone of whom could beduke and enrich the obscurest ignobleman in the fierce democracy of letters by merely blaring abroad the praise of his books."
"Like a simple American citizen beduking himself in his lodge."

Etymology

From be- + duke.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

bedukes (present, singular) beduking (participle, present) beduked (participle, past) beduked (past)

Questions

What does beduke mean?: To make a duke.
Where does beduke come from?: From be- + duke.

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