Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bestagger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bestag-ger
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stagger about; cause (one) to stagger.

Example Sentences

"Like a vampire it is rapidly sucking, through our young men, the very financial life blood from this nation, in so much that it bestaggers all efforts to totalize its direful influence."
"Stout Chapman, thou that with thy rumbling lines Canst shake the spheres, and thou, whose painted Muse To curd and cowslips for a fee inclines: What, silent and bestaggered both?"
"But the supreme horror comes from the Mitch of Timothy Carhart, who seems to bestride — or bestagger — a stage for the first time."

Etymology

From be- + stagger.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Inflected Forms

bestaggers (present, singular) bestaggering (participle, present) bestaggered (participle, past) bestaggered (past)

Questions

What does bestagger mean?: To stagger about; cause (one) to stagger.
Where does bestagger come from?: From be- + stagger.

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