Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bewailment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-wail-ment
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of bewailing.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From bewail + -ment.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

bewailments (plural)

Questions

What does bewailment mean?
The act of bewailing.
Where does bewailment come from?
From bewail + -ment.

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