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saught

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
saught
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Reconciliation; peace; ease.

British usage; Archaic; Uncountable

verb

To reconcile; become reconciled.

British usage

adj

Reconciled; agreed; at one.

British usage

Etymology

From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: saughte, saht, *sahtiz, *seh₂g-

Usage

Inflected Forms

saucht (alternative) saughts (present, singular) saughting (participle, present) saughted (participle, past) saughted (past) more saught (comparative) most saught (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

settle

Questions

What does saught mean?
Reconciliation; peace; ease.
Where does saught come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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