Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dispondee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dispondee
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A double spondee; a metrical foot consisting of four long syllables.

Etymology

Latin dispondeus, from Ancient Greek [Term?].

Inflected Forms

dispondees (plural)

Questions

What does dispondee mean?: A double spondee; a metrical foot consisting of four long syllables.
Where does dispondee come from?: Latin dispondeus, from Ancient Greek [Term?].

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