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guarish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
guar-ish
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To heal or cure.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

  • "[T]he Mayd / His readie vvound with better ſalues new dreſt, / Daily ſhe dreſſed him, and did the beſt / His grieuous hurt to guariſh, that ſhe might, […]"

Etymology

From the stem of Old French guarir, garir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: guarir, *warjaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

guarishes (present, singular) guarishing (participle, present) guarished (participle, past) guarished (past)

Questions

What does guarish mean?
To heal or cure.
Where does guarish come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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