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forthleap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
forth-leap
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To leap forth or out.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English forthlepen, equivalent to forth- + leap.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

forthleaps (present, singular) forthleaping (participle, present) forthleapt (participle, past) forthleapt (past) forthleaped (participle, past) forthleaped (past)

Questions

What does forthleap mean?
To leap forth or out.
Where does forthleap come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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