Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

invultuation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-vul-tua-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of witchcraft: piercing a wax or clay image of a person in order to harm them.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

""What, then?" asked the porter. "Hire a witch-wife to burke him by invultuation, with a waxen image and pins?""

Etymology

From Latin invultare (“to stab the face of”), from vultus (“face”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: invultare

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does invultuation mean?: A form of witchcraft: piercing a wax or clay image of a person in order to harm them.
Where does invultuation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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