Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

investient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-vestient
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to cover or clothe.

Example Sentences

"That therefore the Shells served as Plasms or Moulds to this Sand ; which , when consolidated , and afterwards in tract of Time by this means freed from its investient Shell , is of the same Shape and Size as is the Cavity of the Shell"

Etymology

From Latin investiens, present participle of investire.

Inflected Forms

more investient (comparative) most investient (superlative)

Questions

What does investient mean?: Serving to cover or clothe.
Where does investient come from?: From Latin investiens, present participle of investire.

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