Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leechdom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leech-dom
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medicine; remedy.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"That shall be a leechdom for her, for the one who there combeth her head."
"Egina, the English practitioner of the time would make a collection of receipts, prescriptions, or leechdoms for the various injuries, wounds, and common maladies, substituting the native herbs when foreign drugs were not to be had."
"A leechdom if thou will that an ill swelling and the venomous humour should burst out."
"The leechdom was for equal quantities of betony, celandine and yarrow juice mixed together, and then applied to the eyes."

Etymology

From Middle English lechedom, from Old English lǣċedōm (“medicament, medicine; healing, salvation”), equivalent to leech + -dom.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lechedom, lǣċedōm
Suffix: leech

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

leechdoms (plural)

Questions

What does leechdom mean?: A medicine; remedy.
Where does leechdom come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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