Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unhandseled

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-hand-seled
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

unused; untouched; pure

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Not out of those on whom systems of education have exhausted their culture comes the helpful giant to destroy the old or to build the new, but out of unhandseled savage nature, out of terrible Druids and berserkers, come at last Alfred and Shakespeare."

Etymology

From un- + handseled.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does unhandseled mean?: unused; untouched; pure
Where does unhandseled come from?: From un- + handseled.

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