Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scourage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scour-age
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

noun

Refuse water after scouring (cleaning using a current).

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From scour + -age.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: scour

Usage

Inflected Forms

scourages (plural)

Questions

What does scourage mean?: Scouting.
Where does scourage come from?: From scour + -age.

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