Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forsleep

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: forsleep
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be overcome with sleep.

Archaic; Intransitive verb

verb

To neglect through sleep or by sleeping; sleep through; oversleep; sleep off.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"At this moment, Giulietta, who had already forslept and digested the virtue of the potion, awoke and feeling herself kissed, misdoubted her that the friar, being come to take her up and carry her to his chamber, [...]"

Etymology

From Middle English forslepen, equivalent to for- + sleep. Cognate with West Frisian forsliepe (“to forsleep”), Dutch verslapen (“to sleep off, sleep away”), German verschlafen (“to sleep away, oversleep”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: for
Root: forslepen

Usage

Inflected Forms

forsleeps (present, singular) forsleeping (participle, present) forslept (participle, past) forslept (past)

Questions

What does forsleep mean?: To be overcome with sleep.
Where does forsleep come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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