Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inflicter

/ɪnˈflɪktəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-flicter
IPA: /ɪnˈflɪktəɹ/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who inflicts.

Example Sentences

"BLACKE PLUTOES GRIESLY DAME, Proserpine, the avenger of men, and inflicter of curses on the dead."
"At the core of their own hearts there stands an inflicter of no less agonies."
"But there is a further group of cases, and a very important group, on account of the light it throws on the essential nature of these phenomena, and that is the group in which the thought or the spectacle of pain acts as a sexual stimulant, without the subject identifying himself clearly either with the inflicter or the sufferer of the pain."

Etymology

From inflict + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: inflict

Inflected Forms

inflicters (plural)

Rhymes With

victor constrictor lictor fictor

Questions

How do you pronounce inflicter?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈflɪktəɹ/.
What does inflicter mean?: One who inflicts.
Where does inflicter come from?: From inflict + -er.

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