Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purparty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pur-par-ty
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.

Example Sentences

"1793 October 6, Horace Walpole, letter to “the Miss Berrys” (sisters Mary and Agnes Berry), I am forced to eat all the game of your purparties, as well as my own thirds."

Etymology

From Old French porpartie, from por (“for”) and partie (“a part”). Compare Old French purpart (“a respective part”).

Inflected Forms

purparties (plural) pourparty (alternative) purpart (alternative)

Questions

What does purparty mean?: A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.
Where does purparty come from?: From Old French porpartie, from por (“for”) and partie (“a part”). Compare Old French purpart (“a respective part”).

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