Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scarified

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: scar-i-fied
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

damaged, barren, denuded, scarred, wasted

verb

simple past and past participle of scarify

Example Sentences

"The scarified wasteland looked like a battle had been fought there — which, in fact, it had."
"Gallager tossed another drink down his scarified gullet."

Etymology

Etymology tree English scare Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English scarify English -ed English scarified From scarify + -ed.

Derived Forms

unscarified

Questions

What does scarified mean?: damaged, barren, denuded, scarred, wasted
Where does scarified come from?: Etymology tree English scare Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English scarify English -ed English scarified From scarify + -ed.

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