Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foinery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: foin-ery
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point of the sword, as distinguished from broadsword play.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"By chaunce, in Livias modest company; / When, after the god-saving ceremony, / For want of talke-stuffe, fals to foinery; / Out goes his rapier, and to Livia / He shewes the ward by puncta reversa"

Etymology

From foin + -ery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: foin

Usage

Questions

What does foinery mean?: Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point of the sword, as distinguished from broadsword play.
Where does foinery come from?: From foin + -ery.

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