Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intertexture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-tex-ture
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which is interwoven.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"knit in nice intertexture"
"skirted thick with intertexture firm / Of thorny boughs"
"Now the co-presence of something regular, something to which the mind has been accustomed when in an unexcited or a less excited state, cannot but have great efficacy in tempering and restraining the passion by an intertexture of ordinary feeling"
"At length, after walking a long way in the woods, we arrived at another thicket, through the intertexture of which was glimmering a pale rosy light."

Etymology

From inter- + texture.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: inter

Usage

Inflected Forms

intertextures (plural)

Questions

What does intertexture mean?: The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven.
Where does intertexture come from?: From inter- + texture.

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