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bestorm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-storm
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To overtake with a storm; assail with storms.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From be- + storm. Compare Old English bestyrman (“to agitate”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), West Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), Dutch bestormen (“to storm, assault, rush, attack”), German bestürmen (“to storm, besiege, bombard, inundate”), Swedish bestorma (“to besiege, attack, assail”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

bestorms (present, singular) bestorming (participle, present) bestormed (participle, past) bestormed (past)

Questions

What does bestorm mean?
To overtake with a storm; assail with storms.
Where does bestorm come from?
From be- + storm. Compare Old English bestyrman (“to agitate”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), West Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), Dutch bestormen (“to storm, assault, rush, attack”), German bestürmen (“to storm, besiege, bombard, inundate”), Swedish bestorma (“to besiege, attack, assail”).

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