Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

remord

/ɹɪˈmɔːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-mord
IPA: /ɹɪˈmɔːd/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To feel remorse.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To excite to remorse; to rebuke.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Beyng meued either with loue or pitie, or other wyse his conscience remording against the destruction of so noble a prince."
"Dyvers People That Remord This Rymyng Agaynst the Scot"

Etymology

From the Middle English remorden, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle French remordre and its etymon the Latin remordeō, from re- + mordeō; compare the Catalan remordir, remordre, the French remordre, the Italian rimordere, the Old Occitan remordre, the Portuguese remorder, and the Spanish remorder.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: remorden

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɹɪˈmɔːd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

remords (present, singular) remording (participle, present) remorded (participle, past) remorded (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce remord?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈmɔːd/.
What does remord mean?: To feel remorse.
Where does remord come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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