Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wafture

/ˈwɑf.t͡ʃɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: waf-ture
IPA: /ˈwɑf.t͡ʃɚ/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that is wafted, such as a smell or sound.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of wafting something.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"lower roofs, from which, as from hanging gardens, floated waftures sweet as the perfumed airs of the Indian isles"
"Stray waftures of invisible gases bit his eyes and made them sting."
"It is doubtful, however, if she would have allowed quite so deep a wafture of lamentation to have passed her lips had she been alone."
"and sniff at your waftures / to analyze your lust / and smell the pheromones of everyone you kissed,"
"[…] you answer’d not, / But, with an angry wafture of your hand, / Gave sign for me to leave you:"
"1785, Henry Boyd (translator), Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Dublin: P. Byrne, Canto 1, p. 198, Then those that sing amid the purging flame, / Inspir’d by ling’ring hope at last to claim / A tardy wafture to the happy shore."

Etymology

From waft + -ure.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: waft

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwɑf.t͡ʃɚ/
British English: /ˈwɒf.t͡ʃə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

waftures (plural)

Synonyms

gust puff wave waving

Questions

How do you pronounce wafture?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɑf.t͡ʃɚ/.
What does wafture mean?: Something that is wafted, such as a smell or sound.
Where does wafture come from?: From waft + -ure.

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