Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supportment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sup-port-ment
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"a. 1639, Henry Wotton, a letter to Edmund Bacon the Cardinal his uncle, who would first have illegitimated him, and that not taking effect by the supportment of Spain, he fell to other Roman Arts"

Etymology

From support + -ment.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: support

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

supportments (plural)

Questions

What does supportment mean?: support
Where does supportment come from?: From support + -ment.

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