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enfamish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-fam-ish
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To famish; to starve.

Etymology

From Middle English (verb forms) enfamecht, enfamyched, enfamyschist, enfamyscht, probably from Anglo-Norman; compare Old French afamer, enfaminer.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

enfamishes (present, singular) enfamishing (participle, present) enfamished (participle, past) enfamished (past)

Questions

What does enfamish mean?
To famish; to starve.
Where does enfamish come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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