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bursten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bursten
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of burst.

Archaic

adj

Burst; broken; ruptured.

adj

Affected with a rupture or hernia.

Etymology

From Middle English bursten, borsten, from Old English borsten, ġeborsten, from Proto-Germanic *brustanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to burst”). More at burst.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: bursten, borsten, *brustanaz, *brestaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

more bursten (comparative) most bursten (superlative)

Derived Forms

burstenness

Questions

What does bursten mean?
past participle of burst.
Where does bursten come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce bursten

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