Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undoctor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-doc-tor
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To divest of the character or status of a doctor.

Transitive verb

verb

To restore (something illicitly altered) to its correct form.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"July 15, 1833, Jane Carlyle, letter to Thomas Carlyle My brother-in-law is a paragon of the class, but he is so by—in as much as possible—undoctoring himself."
"If their accountants are undoctoring the books properly, there's evidence he's ripped off something close to two million bucks on this Arizona thing alone."

Etymology

From un- + doctor.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

undoctors (present, singular) undoctoring (participle, present) undoctored (participle, past) undoctored (past)

Questions

What does undoctor mean?: To divest of the character or status of a doctor.
Where does undoctor come from?: From un- + doctor.

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