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pensum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pen-sum
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A task or imposition set as a school punishment.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pensum. Doublet of peso.

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Inflected Forms

pensums (plural)

Questions

What does pensum mean?
A task or imposition set as a school punishment.
Where does pensum come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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