Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dephlegm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-phlegm
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Having almost filled a vial, capable of containing near a pound of human blood, with a mixture of that, and some rectify'd spirit of wine, by guess a fourth, or an eighth part; at the end of above three years, looking upon the same glass, stopt with nothing but a cork, we found it coagulated, or of a consistent form: when the vessel being unstopp'd, there appeared no sign of putrefaction in the blood; and having smelt to it, we could not perceive that it was fetid: so balsamic a vertue has dephlegmed spirit of wine to preserve it."

Etymology

From de- + phlegm; compare French déphlegmer, déflegmer.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

dephlegms (present, singular) dephlegming (participle, present) dephlegmed (participle, past) dephlegmed (past)

Questions

What does dephlegm mean?: To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
Where does dephlegm come from?: From de- + phlegm; compare French déphlegmer, déflegmer.

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