Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rescription

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-scrip-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of writing back; the answering of a letter.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"You cannot oblige me more than to be punctual in rescription."

Etymology

From Latin rescriptio. Compare French rescription. See rescribe.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: rescriptio

Usage

Inflected Forms

rescriptions (plural)

Questions

What does rescription mean?: The act of writing back; the answering of a letter.
Where does rescription come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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