Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corseted

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: corset-ed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wearing a corset.

verb

simple past and past participle of corset

Example Sentences

"[A] lightly moustached and heftily corseted matron, true blue and scaresomely indigenous, cried out in reply, ‘Not at all, dear. What's Irish about him? He's a British subject living in Ulster!’"

Etymology

Etymology tree English corset Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English corseted From corset + -ed.

Derived Forms

uncorseted

Questions

What does corseted mean?: Wearing a corset.
Where does corseted come from?: Etymology tree English corset Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English corseted From corset + -ed.

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