Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outblot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-blot
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Literary; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"For who shall stay The first blind motions of the May? Who shall outblot the morning glow: Or stem the full heart's overflow: Who?"
"As she hastened onward, his recollected voice made music in her ears, while his face remembered came ever between her and the sunlight, even as a past joy will outblot a present gladness; and she though how grand he was, and of what noble bearing, and of the pride in his calm face;"
"Each object in our humble cot Reminds me of those happy days, And time itself can ne'er outblot The memory of thy winning ways."
"Descend, O darkness, and outblot this scene of ignominy and shame."
"These spurious intensity distributions tend to outblot faint stains or to enhance the interference between stains belonging to the same cluster."

Etymology

From out- + blot.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: out

Usage

Inflected Forms

outblots (present, singular) outblotting (participle, present) outblotted (participle, past) outblotted (past)

Questions

What does outblot mean?: To blot out.
Where does outblot come from?: From out- + blot.

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