Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

garboil

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bɔɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gar-boil
IPA: /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bɔɪl/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Disorder; uproar.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"With greate vproares & garboile shal there bee arisinges of nacion against nacion & royalme against royalme."
"She’s dead, my queen: Look here, and at thy sovereign leisure read The garboils she awaked; at the last, best: See when and where she died."
"M. d’Espagne could not forgive the Earl the death of his friend Sir Simon Burley: that was what began the garboil!"

Etymology

From Old French garbouil, connected with Latin bullire (“to boil”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: garbouil, bullire

Usage

Inflected Forms

garboils (plural)

Synonyms

tumult tumultuousness uproar

Questions

How do you pronounce garboil?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bɔɪl/.
What does garboil mean?: Disorder; uproar.
Where does garboil come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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