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imposthume

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
im-posthume
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An abscess.

Obsolete

noun

A person suffering from an abscess.

Obsolete

verb

To form an abscess.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To affect with an abscess.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

A corruption of aposteme.

Usage

Inflected Forms

imposthumes (plural) imposthumes (present, singular) imposthuming (participle, present) imposthumed (participle, past) imposthumed (past)

Derived Forms

imposthumate

Questions

What does imposthume mean?
An abscess.
Where does imposthume come from?
A corruption of aposteme.

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