Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prepossessed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-pos-sessed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of prepossess

adj

To be entirely consumed or gripped by a preconceived opinion or expectation, leaving no room for alternative judgement.

Dated; Literary

Example Sentences

"'[…] Fanny and Mrs. Ferrars were both strongly prepossessed that neither she nor her daughters were such kind of women as Fanny would like to associate with. But now I can carry her a most satisfactory account of both.'"

Usage

Inflected Forms

more prepossessed (comparative) most prepossessed (superlative)

Derived Forms

prepossessedly prepossessedness unprepossessed

Questions

What does prepossessed mean?: simple past and past participle of prepossess

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