Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unessence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: unessence
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack of essence; that which is not essence.

Uncountable

verb

To deprive of its essential nature.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Not only does truth, in these long intervals, unessence herself, but (what is harder) one cannot venture a crude fiction for the fear that it may ripen into a truth upon the voyage."
"Education is a vital process involving intelligent, growing, sensitive and dynamic human elements and it becomes mechanical at the risk of unessencing itself."

Etymology

From un- + essence.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Inflected Forms

unessences (present, singular) unessencing (participle, present) unessenced (participle, past) unessenced (past)

Questions

What does unessence mean?: Lack of essence; that which is not essence.
Where does unessence come from?: From un- + essence.

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