Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discountenancer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-coun-te-nancer
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who discountenances.

Example Sentences

"And it was not long ere these rumours of novelty had begotten others of scandal and murmur against the King and his government , taxing him for a great taxer of his people , and discountenancer of his nobility"

Etymology

From discountenance + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: discountenance

Inflected Forms

discountenancers (plural)

Questions

What does discountenancer mean?: One who discountenances.
Where does discountenancer come from?: From discountenance + -er.

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