Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uppluck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-pluck
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pluck up; pull up; deracinate.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"And you, sweet flow'rs that in this garden grow...Yourselves uppluck'd would to his funeral hie."
"The gates of the toun hath he upplight, and on his bak ycaried them hath he, [...]"
"For to the seated hills they flew, Which loos'ning to and fro, Quickly upplucked by the roots And on their en'mys throw, [...]"
"The tree of justice, plant thou: the root of ill-wishers, up-pluck."

Etymology

From Middle English upplucken, upplukken, equivalent to up- + pluck.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up
Root: upplucken

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

upplucks (present, singular) upplucking (participle, present) upplight (participle, past) upplight (past) upplucked (participle, past) upplucked (past) up-pluck (alternative)

Questions

What does uppluck mean?: To pluck up; pull up; deracinate.
Where does uppluck come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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