Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpursed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-pursed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of unpurse

adj

Example Sentences

"Obviously, verbal praise or encouragement should not be given without appropriate inflection of the voice and related facial expressions, and yet how often we hear these encouraging cliches fall from unpursed lips in an expressionless face."

Etymology

From un- + pursed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Questions

What does unpursed mean?: simple past and past participle of unpurse
Where does unpursed come from?: From un- + pursed.

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