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stellionate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stel-lion-ate
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin stellionatus (“cozenage, trickery”), from stellio (“a newt, a crafty, knavish person”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: stellionatus

Inflected Forms

stellionates (plural)

Questions

What does stellionate mean?
Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc.
Where does stellionate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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