Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ept

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: ept
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of European Poker Tour.

noun

A European Poker Tour event.

Informal

adj

Skillful and knowledgeable; adept.

Humorous

verb

simple past of eep

Humorous

Example Sentences

"These behaviors, developed in extremely bad basic and advanced training conditions were continued in better situations under more ept leadership."
"...known the ways of the world in Washington, and may not have been as one of my colleagues in the legislature said, "very ept", when it came to this stuff."
"They're confident, calm, at ease, talkative, cheerful, and above all, socially very "ept.""
"And someone who wasn't glacier ept might have thought the mouth of a glacier a great place to hide a body for a long, long time."

Etymology

Back-formation from inept; compare apt.

Usage

Inflected Forms

EPTs (plural) more ept (comparative) most ept (superlative)

Questions

What does ept mean?: Initialism of European Poker Tour.
Where does ept come from?: Back-formation from inept; compare apt.

How to pronounce ept

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