Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

besonged

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: besonged
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sung to; having a song sung to (one); (by extension) charmed; enchanted

Example Sentences

"Poor besonged, besonneted moon! whom the prosiest pen cannot scribble of without trying to invent a bit of original flattery for!"
"A kind of being besonged. I have experienced it as a state of heightened awareness where one possibility after another presents itself like an unfolding path."

Etymology

From be- + song + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Suffix: song

Questions

What does besonged mean?: Sung to; having a song sung to (one); (by extension) charmed; enchanted
Where does besonged come from?: From be- + song + -ed.

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