Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

valure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: val-ure
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[H]auing before their compaſſionate ſenſe ſo paſſionate a ſpectacle, of a young man, of great beautie, beautified with great honour, honored by great valure, made of ineſtimable valure, by the noble vſing of it, to lye there languiſhing, vnder the arreſt of death, […]"
"Thus he [Toyotomi Hideyoshi], which in his youth had vſed to cut wood and carry it into the Market to ſell for his daily ſuſtenance, for his valure promoted in militarie honours, at laſt became the greateſt Monarch that Iapon had ſeene in eight hundred yeares, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English valure, from Old French valeur, valur, from Latin valor, reshaped as if suffixed with -ure. Doublet of valour.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: valure, valeur, valor

Usage

Inflected Forms

valures (plural)

Derived Forms

valurous

Questions

What does valure mean?: Value.
Where does valure come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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