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beflay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-flay
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To flay; strip; peel.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English biflean, from Old English beflēan (“to peel, skin, flay”), equivalent to be- + flay.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

beflays (present, singular) beflaying (participle, present) beflayed (past) beflayed (participle, past) beflain (participle, past)

Questions

What does beflay mean?
To flay; strip; peel.
Where does beflay come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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