Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

festerment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fes-ter-ment
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"those misadventures and pettier miseries of life , which , if not so alleviated , would keep us in a state of continual festerment"

Etymology

From fester + -ment.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fester

Inflected Forms

festerments (plural)

Synonyms

fester

Questions

What does festerment mean?: A festering.
Where does festerment come from?: From fester + -ment.

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