Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

despirit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-spir-it
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of dispirit.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit English despirit From de- + spirit.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

despirits (present, singular) despiriting (participle, present) despirited (participle, past) despirited (past)

Synonyms

dispirit

Questions

What does despirit mean?: Synonym of dispirit.
Where does despirit come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit English despirit From de- + spirit.

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