Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prophane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-phane
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete form of profane.

Obsolete

verb

Obsolete spelling of profane.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Sneerers and prophane wits may perhaps laugh at her first fright; yet my graver reader, when he considers the time of night, the summons from her bed, and the situation in which she found her master, will highly justify and applaud her conduct […]"
"VVhen the vulgar ſort / Sit on their Ale-bench, vvith their cups and kannes, / Matters of ſtate be not their common talke, / Nor pure religion by their lips prophande."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

prophaner (comparative) more prophane (comparative) prophanest (superlative) most prophane (superlative) prophanes (present, singular) prophaning (participle, present) prophaned (participle, past) prophaned (past)

Derived Forms

prophanely prophaneness

Questions

What does prophane mean?: Obsolete form of profane.

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