Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

percase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-case
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Perchance; perhaps.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[A] vertuous man vvill be vertuous in ſolitudine, and not onely in theatro, though percaſe it vvill bee more ſtrong by glory and Fame, as an heat vvhich is doubled by reflexion: […]"

Etymology

From Middle English per cas. See parcase.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: per cas

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does percase mean?: Perchance; perhaps.
Where does percase come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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