Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scarefire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scare-fire
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fire causing alarm, i.e. a house-burning; conflagration; scathefire.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Scarefire of Purgatory"

Etymology

From scare + fire. In some senses, alteration of scathefire.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

scarefires (plural) skarefire (alternative)

Questions

What does scarefire mean?: A fire causing alarm, i.e. a house-burning; conflagration; scathefire.
Where does scarefire come from?: From scare + fire. In some senses, alteration of scathefire.

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