Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

versification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
ver-si-fi-ca-tion
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of dividing biblical books into verses

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English verse Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English versification From verse + -ification.

Usage

Inflected Forms

versifications (plural)

Derived Forms

worsification

Frequently Paired Words

verse versificator versificatrix versifier versify lineation

Questions

What does versification mean?
The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.
Where does versification come from?
Etymology tree English verse Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English versification From verse + -ification.

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