Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burkism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: burk-ism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Murder for the purpose of selling the body for dissection.

Archaic; Uncountable

Etymology

From Burke + -ism, after William Burke. See Burke and Hare murders.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Burke

Usage

Questions

What does burkism mean?: Murder for the purpose of selling the body for dissection.
Where does burkism come from?: From Burke + -ism, after William Burke. See Burke and Hare murders.

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