Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hearsal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hearsal
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of recounting something; a narrative, a recital, a rehearsal.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"With this sad hersall of his heavy stresse / The warlike Damzell was empassiond sore […]"

Etymology

Apheretic alteration of rehearsal.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

hearsals (plural)

Questions

What does hearsal mean?: An act of recounting something; a narrative, a recital, a rehearsal.
Where does hearsal come from?: Apheretic alteration of rehearsal.

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