Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purloinment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pur-loin-ment
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of purloining; theft

Etymology

Etymology tree English purloin Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English purloinment From purloin + -ment.

Inflected Forms

purloinments (plural)

Questions

What does purloinment mean?: The act of purloining; theft
Where does purloinment come from?: Etymology tree English purloin Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English purloinment From purloin + -ment.

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