Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lifespring

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: life-spring
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spring or source of life.

Example Sentences

"Consumption! 't is thou that their life-springs hast wasted! 'T is thou that hast wither'd the bud in its bloom!"
"Perchance, when ages shall have fled, that land, Stripped bare-- again unable to withstand Volcanic force, that will her life-springs start"

Etymology

From life + spring.

Inflected Forms

lifesprings (plural)

Questions

What does lifespring mean?: A spring or source of life.
Where does lifespring come from?: From life + spring.

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