Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outwell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: out-well
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To well outward; to issue forth.

Archaic

name

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF5103).

Example Sentences

"[…] when old father Nilus gins to swell With timely pride aboue the Aegyptian vale, His fattie waues doe fertile slime outwell, And ouerflow each plaine and lowly dale:"
"[…] Religion that rebuketh prophane lamentation, drinkes in the riuers of those dispaireful teares, which languorous ruth hath outwelled […]"

Etymology

From out- + well.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: out
Root: ūt

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

outwells (present, singular) outwelling (participle, present) outwelled (participle, past) outwelled (past)

Questions

What does outwell mean?: To well outward; to issue forth.
Where does outwell come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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