Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ventouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ven-touse
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cupping glass.

Obsolete

noun

A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths.

verb

To cup; to use a cupping glass.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[I]t commeth at length to fall upon the fleſh which the ventoſe ſticketh faſt unto, and by heating and inchafing, it expreſſeth the humor that is within, into the ventoſe or cupping veſſel."

Etymology

Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ventouse, ventuse

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

ventouses (plural) ventose (alternative) ventouses (present, singular) ventousing (participle, present) ventoused (participle, past) ventoused (past)

Questions

What does ventouse mean?: A cupping glass.
Where does ventouse come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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