Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deperdition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-perdi-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of loss or destruction.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For the activity of the agent, being not able to overmaſter the reſiſtance of the patient, there will enſue no deperdition."
"After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothecation of my fusee and argental horologe."
"deperdition of water from the organism"

Etymology

From Middle French deperdition (French déperdition).

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: deperdition

Usage

Inflected Forms

deperditions (plural)

Synonyms

loss or destruction

Questions

What does deperdition mean?: Synonym of loss or destruction.
Where does deperdition come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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