Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retexture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: re-tex-ture
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To texture again; to give a new texture to.

Transitive verb

noun

The act of weaving or forming again.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"On the Palingenesia, or New-birth of Society; which volume, as treating practically of the Wear, Destruction, and Retexture of Spiritual Tissues, or Garments, forms, properly speaking, the Transcendental or ultimate Portion of this my work on Clothes, and is already in a state of forwardness."

Etymology

From re- + texture.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Usage

Inflected Forms

retextures (present, singular) retexturing (participle, present) retextured (participle, past) retextured (past) retextures (plural)

Questions

What does retexture mean?: To texture again; to give a new texture to.
Where does retexture come from?: From re- + texture.

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