uncurb
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
to remove restrictions from, to render free from restraints
Example Sentences
- "The "Cape Malay", a people of whom I had never heard before our arrival, grasped eagerly at the demoralizing doctrine of a plurality of wives, and crowded around the sacred men who could uncurb the bit of sensuality and render null and void the restraining laws of bigamy."
Etymology
From un- + curb.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un
Inflected Forms
uncurbs (present, singular)
uncurbing (participle, present)
uncurbed (participle, past)
uncurbed (past)