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unfain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-fain
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not fain; sorrowful; sorry.

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English unfain, unfein, unfawe, from Old English unfæġen, equivalent to un- + fain.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more unfain (comparative) most unfain (superlative)

Derived Forms

unfainly

Questions

What does unfain mean?
Not fain; sorrowful; sorry.
Where does unfain come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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