Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

entrammel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-tram-mel
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hamper by entangling.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The implicit theology of the Hebrew Bible dictates a complex moral and psychological realism in biblical narrative because God's purposes are always entrammeled in history, dependent on the acts of individual men and women for their continuing realization."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English trammel English entrammel From en- + trammel.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

entrammels (present, singular) entrammeling (US, participle) entrammelling (UK, participle) entrammeled (US, participle) entrammeled (US, past) entrammelled (UK, participle) entrammelled (UK, past)

Derived Forms

unentrammeled unentrammelled

Questions

What does entrammel mean?: To hamper by entangling.
Where does entrammel come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English trammel English entrammel From en- + trammel.

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