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machicolate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
machico-late
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To furnish with machicolations.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Medieval Latin machicolātus, perfect participle of machicolāre, from Old French machicoller, from machicolleis (“machicolation”), from Old Occitan machacol, from macar (“to crush”) + col (“neck”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: machicolātus, machicoller, machacol

Inflected Forms

machicolates (present, singular) machicolating (participle, present) machicolated (participle, past) machicolated (past)

Derived Forms

machicolation

Questions

What does machicolate mean?
To furnish with machicolations.
Where does machicolate come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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