transgress
/tɹænzˈɡɹɛs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law"
- "They sometimes transgressed colonial boundaries, forming border communities with Native Americans and escaped black slaves."
- "For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command."
- "There were some young men who transgressed the ḥerem and danced with foreign women [i.e. non-relatives] and forbidden women."
- "Why give you peace to this untemperate beast That hath so long transgressed you?"
Etymology
From Middle English transgressen, from Old French transgresser and Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredior.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: transgressen, transgresser, transgressus