Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beggar description

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: beg-gar de-scrip-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of beggar belief.

Etymology

Coined by William Shakespeare in 1607 in "Antony and Cleopatra," act 2, scene 2: : For her own person, : It beggared all description: she did lie : In her pavilion—cloth-of-gold, of tissue— : O'erpicturing that Venus where we see : The fancy outwork nature.

Inflected Forms

beggars description (present, singular) beggaring description (participle, present) beggared description (participle, past) beggared description (past)

Synonyms

beggar belief

Questions

What does beggar description mean?: Synonym of beggar belief.
Where does beggar description come from?: Coined by William Shakespeare in 1607 in "Antony and Cleopatra," act 2, scene 2: : For her own person, : It beggared all description: she did lie : In her pavilion—cloth-of-gold, of tissue— : O'erpicturing that Venus where we see : The fancy outwork nature.

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