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deflour

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-flour
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete form of deflower.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French déflorer, Late Latin deflorare, from Latin de- + flos, floris (“flower”). See flower, and compare deflorate.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: déflorer, deflorare, de-

Usage

Inflected Forms

deflours (present, singular) deflouring (participle, present) defloured (participle, past) defloured (past)

Derived Forms

deflourer

Questions

What does deflour mean?
Obsolete form of deflower.
Where does deflour come from?
It is traced to French.

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