Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vigily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vig-i-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Obserue the fastes commandit on certane daies and tymes, as in Lent, in the four tymes of the yeer (comunlie callit Imber daies) and in the euinnes or vigilies of certane solemne daies, on friday and saturday abstein from eating of[…]"
"[...]; other times the heat is not very intense either without or within; continual vigilies, or a perpetual restlesness, with anguishing Jactitations, or throwing ones self from one part of the Bed to the other[…]"
"[...] distortion of the Eyes, from a confused and irregular expansion of the Optick Nerve, attended with ar extraordinary fierceness in the whole Visage, continual Vigilies, and a constant Trepidation, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English vigilye, vigilie, from Latin vigilia.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: vigilye, vigilia

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

vigilies (plural)

Questions

What does vigily mean?: A vigil.
Where does vigily come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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