Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disworship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-wor-ship
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.

Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy of worship.

Example Sentences

"Observ now the arrogance of a groom, how it will mount. I had writt'n, that common adultery is a thing which the rankest Politician would think it shame and disworship that his Law should countenance."
"disworshipping and dishonouring God"

Etymology

From Middle English disworship, disworshipe, dysworschip, equivalent to dis- + worship (noun).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis
Root: disworship, disworschipen

Usage

Inflected Forms

disworships (present, singular) disworshiping (US, participle) disworshipping (UK, participle) disworshiped (US, participle) disworshiped (US, past) disworshipped (UK, participle) disworshipped (UK, past)

Questions

What does disworship mean?: A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
Where does disworship come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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