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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwhole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-whole
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not whole.

Etymology

From Middle English unhole, unhol, unhal, from Old English unhāl (“unwhole; unhealthy; sick; infirm”), from Proto-Germanic *unhailaz (“not whole; unhealthy”), equivalent to un- + whole. Cognate with Old High German unheil, Old Norse úheill, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (unhails).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

unwholeness unwholly

Synonyms

incomplete partial

Questions

What does unwhole mean?
Not whole.
Where does unwhole come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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