Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

begroan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-groan
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To groan about; bewail; groan at.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"For these deeds' sake do I begroan thy fate."
"And, why dost thou oft begroan in sorrow Then other times, bid wisdom good morrow?"
"Yo, guys, I hate to break it to you: It's your own misbegotten will, your dumb choices, your desire to bemoan and begroan your terrible, miserable, luckless fate […] that put you into harm's way."

Etymology

From Middle English bigronen, bygronen, equivalent to be- (“at, about”) + groan.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: bigronen

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

begroans (present, singular) begroaning (participle, present) begroaned (participle, past) begroaned (past)

Questions

What does begroan mean?: To groan about; bewail; groan at.
Where does begroan come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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