sceptre
/ˈsɛptɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To give a sceptre to.
name
A hamlet (special service area) in the Rural Municipality of Clinworth, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Example Sentences
- "“Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.”"
- "To the fleet he came / Bearing rich ranſom glorious to redeem / His daughter, and his hands charged with the wreath / And golden ſceptre of the God shaft-arm’d."
- "But what had occupied him most was the robe he was to wear at his coronation, the robe of tissued gold, and the ruby-studded crown, and the sceptre with its rows and rings of pearls."
- "To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends."
Etymology
From Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *skeh₂p-, septre, sceptre, scēptrum, σκῆπτρον
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɛptɚ/
- British English: /ˈsɛptə/