Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imparlance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-par-lance
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Discussion, especially before some action is taken; conference, debate.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit, but also used to obtain further time to plead or answer allegations.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Full oftentimes did Britomart assay / To speake to them, and some emparlance move; / But they for nought their cruell hands would stay […]."
"[W]ith Rejoinders and Replies, / Long Bills, and Anſvvers, ſtuft vvith Lies, / Demurr, Imparlance, and Eſſoign, / The Parties ne'er could Iſſue join: / For Sixteen Years the Cauſe vvas ſpun, / And then ſtood vvhere it firſt begun."

Etymology

Ultimately from Anglo-Norman emparlance, from the verb Old French emparler.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: emparlance, emparler

Usage

Inflected Forms

imparlances (plural) emparlance (alternative) inparliance (alternative)

Questions

What does imparlance mean?: Discussion, especially before some action is taken; conference, debate.
Where does imparlance come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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