malagruze

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mala-gruze
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Meaning

verb

To cause havoc to; to disarrange, put into disarray.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"the storms came malagarousing the trees down the length and breadth of the shrilling Howe."
""Why remember those nasty centuries when honest folk were queered, pestered and malagroozed by clanjamfries of greedy gangsters who called themselves governments and stock exchanges?""

Etymology

From Scots malagruize.

Word Breakdown

Root: malagruize

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

malagruzes (present, singular) malagruzing (participle, present) malagruzed (participle, past) malagruzed (past) malagarouse (alternative) malagrooze (alternative)

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