defecate
/ˈdɛfɪkeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[I]f vve defæcate the notion from materiality, […] it vvill be as hard to apprehend, as that an empty vviſh ſhould remove Mountains: a ſuppoſition vvhich if realized, vvould relieve Siſyphus."
- "[…] I ſhall add, that proſecuting a hint a happened to meet with in the diſcourſe of a wandering chymiſt, I practiſed a way ſo to defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber drawn per ſe, that a pretty proportion of it would come over ſo tranſparent and finely coloured, that the experiment did not a little pleaſe thoſe I ſhewed it to."
- "Some are of opinion that such fat, standing waters make the best beer, and that seething doth defecate it […]"
- "Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
defecates (present, singular)
defecating (participle, present)
defecated (participle, past)
defecated (past)
defæcate (alternative)
defaecate (alternative)
more defecate (comparative)
most defecate (superlative)