Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neighboured

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neigh-boured
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship.

Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

simple past and past participle of neighbour

Example Sentences

"… thinking even that by that or patience to have enduced him to beare us true amytie and to use good neighbored towards us and or subjects, for the which respect we were not only contented to heare such iniuries as to or sell had been by hym doon, …"

Etymology

From Middle English neȝeburrede, equivalent to neighbour + -red. Cognate with Scots nechbourret.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: neȝeburrede
Suffix: neighbour

Usage

Inflected Forms

neighborred (alternative) neighbored (alternative) neborat (alternative)

Questions

What does neighboured mean?: The state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship.
Where does neighboured come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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