Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empuse

/ɛmˈpjuːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-puse
IPA: /ɛmˈpjuːz/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phantom; ghost; spectre.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"But Suidas tells of certain Empuse that used to appear at such times as the Greeks did celebrate the funerals of the dead"

Etymology

Latin empusa, from Ancient Greek.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

empuses (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce empuse?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛmˈpjuːz/.
What does empuse mean?: A phantom; ghost; spectre.
Where does empuse come from?: Latin empusa, from Ancient Greek.

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