Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forcefall

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: force-fall
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A waterfall or cascading torrent.

Example Sentences

"For down from His heights, marking the descent by "forcefalls" as a river marks declivities in its bed by cataracts, comes this supreme power; […]"
"Tops of sweet birch snap strong and stiff like bones busting against bats or the sides of heads slapping concrete through the forcefall that takes a score more limbs before piercing top soil like carelessly falling arrows."

Etymology

From Middle English *forsfal, from Old Norse forsfall (“waterfall, torrent”), equivalent to force (“waterfall”) + fall. Compare Icelandic fossfall (“waterfall, torrent”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *forsfal, forsfall

Inflected Forms

forcefalls (plural)

Synonyms

waterfall

Questions

What does forcefall mean?: A waterfall or cascading torrent.
Where does forcefall come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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