Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

besetten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-set-ten
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

alternative past participle of beset

Etymology

From Middle English besetten, beseten, from Old English beseten, past participle of Old English besittan (“to sit around, beset”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: besetten, beseten, besittan

Questions

What does besetten mean?: alternative past participle of beset
Where does besetten come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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