Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lodgement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: lodge-ment
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of lodgment.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And in thy stead I've got a deal of judgement / Though heaven knows how it ever found a lodgement."
"Is Envy then such a monster? […] since its lodgement is in the heart not the brain, no degree of intellect supplies a guarantee against it."
"1934, T. S. Eliot, Chorus VII from 'The Rock' in Collected Poems, 1909-1962, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963, p. 162, and man without GOD is a seed upon the wind: driven this way and that, and finding no place of lodgement and germination."

Etymology

From Middle French logement.

Usage

Inflected Forms

lodgements (plural)

Derived Forms

allodgement

Synonyms

lodgment lodging

Questions

What does lodgement mean?: Alternative spelling of lodgment.
Where does lodgement come from?: From Middle French logement.

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