Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deboshed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-boshed
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete form of debauched.

Obsolete

adj

Corrupted; in a sorry state.

verb

simple past and past participle of debosh.

Example Sentences

"Thy lady is a scurvy lady, and a shitten lady, And, though I never heard of her, a deboshed lady."
"Mrs Dibble was in her morning state of sobriety, which is to say that, having had a few gins, her deboshed innards were temporarily stultified, and gave her the illusion of functioning correctly when they were merely in a state of torpor."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more deboshed (comparative) most deboshed (superlative)

Questions

What does deboshed mean?: Obsolete form of debauched.

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