Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bepowder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-pow-der
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English powder English bepowder From be- + powder.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bepowders (present, singular) bepowdering (participle, present) bepowdered (participle, past) bepowdered (past)

Questions

What does bepowder mean?: To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
Where does bepowder come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English powder English bepowder From be- + powder.

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