Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defeature

/dɪˈfiːtjʊə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-fea-ture
IPA: /dɪˈfiːtjʊə(ɹ)/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Defeat, overthrow, ruin.

verb

noun

Disfigurement, defacement, deformation.

Example Sentences

"This mischiefe framd, for their first loves defeature"
"What ruins are in me that can be found, / By him not ruin'd? then is he the ground / of my defeatures."
"But no discovery was made, for no volley of reproach was uttered, and could they have looked in their mother's face they might have seen that strange defeatures were written there."

Etymology

From defeat + -ure.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de
Suffix: defeat

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪˈfiːtjʊə(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

defeatures (present, singular) defeaturing (participle, present) defeatured (participle, past) defeatured (past) defeatures (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce defeature?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈfiːtjʊə(ɹ)/.
What does defeature mean?: Defeat, overthrow, ruin.
Where does defeature come from?: From defeat + -ure.

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