Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underfong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-fong
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To seduce, entrap; surround, overcome.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Thou..that by trecheree Didst underfong my lasse, to wexe so light."
"And some by sleight he eke doth underfong."
"They haue towres upon them sixteene: mounts underfonging & enflancking them."
"For, time will underfong us; and our voice Woll woxen weake; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English underfongen, underfangen, from Old English underfōn (“to receive, undertake, accept”), from Proto-West Germanic *underfą̄han (“to receive, undertake”). Cognate with Dutch ondervangen, German unterfangen.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: underfongen, underfōn, *underfą̄han

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

underfongs (present, singular) underfonging (participle, present) underfonged (participle, past) underfonged (past)

Frequently Paired Words

fang fangle underfo

Questions

What does underfong mean?: To seduce, entrap; surround, overcome.
Where does underfong come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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