Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pesthole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pest-hole
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place where a contagious disease is present or likely.

Etymology

From pest (“disease”) + hole (“miserable place”).

Inflected Forms

pestholes (plural)

Questions

What does pesthole mean?: A place where a contagious disease is present or likely.
Where does pesthole come from?: From pest (“disease”) + hole (“miserable place”).

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