Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

efflower

/ɛˈflaʊɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ef-flow-er
IPA: /ɛˈflaʊɚ/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To graze; (leatherworking) to remove the outer surface of (a skin) with a knife.

Example Sentences

"Chamois or Shamoy leather.—The skins are first washed, limed, fleeced, and branned as above described. They are next efflowered, that is, deprived of their epidermis by a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, upon the convex horse-beam."
"In the pregnant bounds / Of delicatest breath, that but efflowers the ear / And lapses into nothingness[.]"
"Chamois leather—The skin of the Alpine goat of that name, which has been “efflowered” or deprived of the epidermis."

Etymology

Borrowed from French effleurer.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: effleurer

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɛˈflaʊɚ/

Inflected Forms

efflowers (present, singular) efflowering (participle, present) efflowered (participle, past) efflowered (past)

Frequently Paired Words

effleurage

Questions

How do you pronounce efflower?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛˈflaʊɚ/.
What does efflower mean?: To graze; (leatherworking) to remove the outer surface of (a skin) with a knife.
Where does efflower come from?: It is traced to French.

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