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dernful

/ˈdɜː(ɹ)nfəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dern-ful
IPA
/ˈdɜː(ɹ)nfəl/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

secret, lonely, sad, or mournful

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From dern + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more dernful (comparative) most dernful (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce dernful?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɜː(ɹ)nfəl/.
What does dernful mean?
secret, lonely, sad, or mournful
Where does dernful come from?
From dern + -ful.

How to pronounce dernful

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