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cottise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cot-tise
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.

verb

To border a bend, etc., with cottises, barrulets, etc.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle French cotice, costice, from côte + -ice, from Latin costa (“rib”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cottises (plural) cotise (alternative) cottises (present, singular) cottising (participle, present) cottised (participle, past) cottised (past)

Questions

What does cottise mean?
A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.
Where does cottise come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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