Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ungafiate

/ˌʌnˈɡæfiˌɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-gafi-ate
IPA: /ˌʌnˈɡæfiˌɪt/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of degafiate.

verb

Alternative form of degafiate.

Example Sentences

"Then I'll fulfill his deepest fannish craving, revealed only to a few intimates in the pages of Void #29. Yes, I'll take Terry Carr to the First Fandom Party. Surrounded by REAL Old Fen and Tired, he'll be exposed for the ungafiate he really is."
"I still recall the first time I met Dr. Jane, back about 1996 when Kim and I were ungafiating."
"John Fox proposed that an occasion be made of the Boxing Day release of the final LOTR film, specifically a trip to the Blue Mountains where we could see the movie at the Katoomba cinema (wide screen and a chance to ungafiate some Blue Mountains old SF fans?)."

Etymology

From un- + gafiate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

ungafiates (plural) ungafiates (present, singular) ungafiating (participle, present) ungafiated (participle, past) ungafiated (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce ungafiate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌnˈɡæfiˌɪt/.
What does ungafiate mean?: Alternative form of degafiate.
Where does ungafiate come from?: From un- + gafiate.

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