debased
/dəbˈeɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of debase
adj
Example Sentences
- "8), Azure, a thistle ensigned with an Imperial Crown, all proper; and its use is pretty frequent in the somewhat debased heraldry of the close of the last century and the beginning of the present."
- "58,) and also a new crest, viz. upon a wreath argent and vert, a demi-dragon erased gules P, gorged about the loins with a ducal coronet ... 59,) are an admirable specimen of the complex and debased heraldry of the day. 1515."
- "The badge itself is a remarkable medley of objects, and another good example of the debased heraldry of Tudor days. It represents a castle with the crowned hawthorn tree of the Tudors growing in the lower ward behind the principal[…]"
- "DEBASED HERALDRY. Of debased heraldry there is no lack of examples, and a few are ancient. Thomas de Insula, bishop of Ely (1345-61), bore gules, three bezants, on each a crowned king, robed sable, doubled ermine, sustaining[…]"
- "For quotations using this term, see Citations:debased."
Inflected Forms
more debased (comparative)
most debased (superlative)