Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untreasure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-trea-sure
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To despoil of treasure.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To display or set forth.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"When Cluffe […] returned to the drawing-room, […] he was a good deal chagrined to find the drawing-room 'untreasured of its mistress.'"
"J. Mitford the quaintness with which he untreasured, as by rote, the stores of his memory"
"Before me, careless lying, Young Love his ware comes crying Full soon the elf untreasures His pack of pains and pleasures."

Etymology

From un- + treasure.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Inflected Forms

untreasures (present, singular) untreasuring (participle, present) untreasured (participle, past) untreasured (past)

Questions

What does untreasure mean?: To despoil of treasure.
Where does untreasure come from?: From un- + treasure.

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