Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

embrawn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-brawn
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make (someone or something) brawny.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Embravvne your ſoft-skind encloſure vvith Adamantine duſt, that it may dravve nothing but ſteele vnto it."
"It almost seemed in him, that ere promising forever to protect, as well as eternally to love, his Lucy, he must first completely invigorate and embrawn himself into the possession of such a noble muscular manliness, that he might champion Lucy against the whole physical world."

Etymology

From em- + brawn.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: em-
Suffix: brawn

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

embrawns (present, singular) embrawning (participle, present) embrawned (participle, past) embrawned (past)

Questions

What does embrawn mean?: To make (someone or something) brawny.
Where does embrawn come from?: From em- + brawn.

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