Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-page
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Compages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole.

Obsolete

noun

A compages; a unified complex whole formed from the compaction of parts.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"1658: Common Tombs preserve not beyond powder: A firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from Arefaction, deep buriall or charcoal. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 31)"
"The first note of the evovae—the prevailing or reciting note of the chant—and the final note of the antiphon give the tone of the chant. This word, or rather this compages of letters, has, of course, no connexion whatever with the Bacchic shout of Io or Evoe. I should not allude here to this silly story were it not that on several occasions I have heard it repeated by persons who noticed the presence of the evovae in one or other of the books exhibited, and who evidently believed in its truth."

Etymology

From Latin compages, from com- + root of pangere ‘to fasten’.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

compages (plural)

Questions

What does compage mean?: Compages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole.
Where does compage come from?: From Latin compages, from com- + root of pangere ‘to fasten’.

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