Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obeyance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: obeyance
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

noun

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Poor fellow! how happy would a companion make you, to whom you could relate your battles, bouts, and courtships; but mum is the order, and Jack is used to an implicit obeyance of head-quarter orders."
"One of the instructions given by experienced aviators to pupils, and for which they insist upon implicit obeyance, is: "If your machine gets more than 30 feet high, or comes closer to the ground than 6 feet, descend at once.""
"The tall soldiers of Nyjord moved in ready obeyance of their commander."
"The disfiguring wrinkles that make many necks unsightly may be kept in obeyance by massaging."

Etymology

From obey + -ance.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: obey

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does obeyance mean?: obedience
Where does obeyance come from?: From obey + -ance.

How to pronounce obeyance

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