Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bemourn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-mourn
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To weep or mourn over.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"From the neighbouring settlements and valleys an immense concourse of people collected to bemourn the death of the arii, the Chiefly ladies bleeding themselves more as a matter of form than from grief or real sentiment, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English bemornen, from Old English bemurnan (“to mourn, bewail, deplore, be sorry for, care for, take heed for”), equivalent to be- (“over, about”) + mourn. Cognate with Old Saxon bimornian (“to bemourn”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: bemornen, bemurnan

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

bemourns (present, singular) bemourning (participle, present) bemourned (participle, past) bemourned (past)

Synonyms

begrieve bewail mourn afterthink becry bemoan bemourn beweep condole deplore elegize grieve

Questions

What does bemourn mean?: To weep or mourn over.
Where does bemourn come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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