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forwound

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-wound
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wound or injure severely.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English forwounden, forwunden, from Old English forwundian (“to wound”), from Proto-West Germanic *frawundōn (“to wound, injure”), equivalent to for- + wound. Cognate with Dutch verwonden (“to injure, hurt, wound, gore”), German Low German verwunden, verwunnen (“to forwound”), German verwunden (“to wound, injure”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Prefix: for
  • Root: forwounden, forwundian, *frawundōn

Usage

Inflected Forms

forwounds (present, singular) forwounding (participle, present) forwounded (participle, past) forwounded (past)

Questions

What does forwound mean?
To wound or injure severely.
Where does forwound come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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