Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unhelmet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-hel-met
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove the helmet from.

Transitive verb

verb

To take off a helmet

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"In spite of all that Durward could say of the slightness of his hurt, he was compelled to dismount, and to seat himself on a bank, and unhelmet himself"
"Due to security protocols—ones I had devised—I had to unhelmet at the front gate and a guard with a slavering dog met me in the circular drive."

Etymology

From un- + helmet.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Inflected Forms

unhelmets (present, singular) unhelmeting (participle, present) unhelmeted (participle, past) unhelmeted (past)

Questions

What does unhelmet mean?: To remove the helmet from.
Where does unhelmet come from?: From un- + helmet.

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