Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impostume

/ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-pos-tume
IPA: /ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

verb

Alternative form of imposthume.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The great impoſtume of the realme vvas dravvne / Euen to a head: the multitudinous ſpavvne / VVas the corruption, vvhich did make it ſvvell / VVith hop'd ſedition (the burnt ſeed of hell.)"
"Jaſon Phereus [Jason of Pherae] [was] utterly forſaken of all Phyſitians, by reaſon of an impoſtume he had in his breaſt […]"

Etymology

From Old French empostume, alteration of apostume (“apostume, large abscess”), from Latin apostema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”).

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

impostumes (plural) imposthume (alternative) impostumes (present, singular) impostuming (participle, present) impostumed (participle, past) impostumed (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce impostume?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/.
What does impostume mean?: An abscess.
Where does impostume come from?: From Old French empostume, alteration of apostume (“apostume, large abscess”), from Latin apostema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”).

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