Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forme fruste

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: forme fruste
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An incomplete form or partial symptom of a disease.

Example Sentences

"Essential tremor, a neurological disorder that causes hand tremors, is suspected by some researchers to be a forme fruste of Parkinson's disease."

Etymology

Borrowed from French forme fruste.

Inflected Forms

formes frustes (plural)

Questions

What does forme fruste mean?: An incomplete form or partial symptom of a disease.
Where does forme fruste come from?: Borrowed from French forme fruste.

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