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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forswart

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-swart
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To blacken; make or become swart or swarthy; sunburn.

Obsolete

adj

Forswarted.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English forswarten, equivalent to for- + swart.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

forswarts (present, singular) forswarting (participle, present) forswarted (participle, past) forswarted (past) more forswart (comparative) most forswart (superlative)

Derived Forms

forswarted

Questions

What does forswart mean?
To blacken; make or become swart or swarthy; sunburn.
Where does forswart come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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