Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beponder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-pon-der
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ponder over or about.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Professor Gran's peculiar insight into the literary mind and its curious, often repulsive, peculiarities is singularly interesting, and casts an entirely new light upon the much bepondered Rousseau."
"The court was still, the court was quiet, To let their king beponder: […]"

Etymology

From be- (“over, about”) + ponder. Compare bewonder.

Usage

Inflected Forms

beponders (present, singular) bepondering (participle, present) bepondered (participle, past) bepondered (past)

Rhymes With

wander ponder transponder yonder condor squander sonder gondar conder gonder absconder preponder

Questions

What does beponder mean?: To ponder over or about.
Where does beponder come from?: From be- (“over, about”) + ponder. Compare bewonder.

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