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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPOSTHUME

imposthume  [ɪmˈpɒsθuːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPOSTHUME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Imposthume is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPOSTHUME


assume
əˈsjuːm
bathroom
ˈbɑːθˌruːm
bedroom
ˈbɛdˌruːm
bloom
bluːm
boardroom
ˈbɔːdˌruːm
boom
buːm
classroom
ˈklɑːsˌruːm
costume
ˈkɒstjuːm
doom
duːm
Hume
hjuːm
mushroom
ˈmʌʃruːm
newsroom
ˈnjuːzˌruːm
perfume
ˈpɜːfjuːm
resume
rɪˈzjuːm
room
ruːm
showroom
ˈʃəʊˌruːm
tomb
tuːm
volume
ˈvɒljuːm
whom
huːm
zoom
zuːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPOSTHUME

impossibilism
impossibilist
impossibilities
impossibility
impossible
impossible figure
impossibleness
impossibly
impost
imposter
imposthumate
imposthumation
impostor
impostorous
impostrous
impostumate
impostumation
impostume
imposture
imposturous

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPOSTHUME

brume
disinhume
exhume
Fiume
flume
fume
glume
inhume
legume
nom de plume
plume
presume
reassume
relume
sales volume
specific volume
spume
subsume
swimming costume
transhume

Synonyms and antonyms of imposthume in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «imposthume» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPOSTHUME

Find out the translation of imposthume to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of imposthume from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «imposthume» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

imposthume
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imposthume
570 millions of speakers

English

imposthume
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

imposthume
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

imposthume
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

imposthume
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imposthume
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

imposthume
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

imposthume
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Imposthume
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

imposthume
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

imposthume
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

imposthume
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Imposthume
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

imposthume
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

imposthume
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थरकाप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

imposthume
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imposthume
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

imposthume
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

imposthume
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

imposthume
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

imposthume
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

imposthume
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

imposthume
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

imposthume
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of imposthume

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPOSTHUME»

The term «imposthume» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.070 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPOSTHUME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about imposthume

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPOSTHUME»

Discover the use of imposthume in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to imposthume and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary of ...
To afilict IMPOSTHUMATED, linpostlbu-m:l't%d. pp. Affected with an im osthume. IMPOSTHUMAT NG; lin-postihu-m5.'t-lug. ppr. Affecting with an imposthume. IMPOSTI-IUMATION, lm-ptlst-hu-mil-'shdn, -n. The act of fonniug an imposthume.
William Bolles, 1853
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A Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English ...
Afl'ected IMPOSTHUMATING, Im-postihu-mfl't-iug.ppr. Affectin with an imposthume. LMPOS HUltIATION, im-post-hu-mdishdn, n. The actof forming an imposthume. IMPOSTHUME, Im-postlhu'm, n. A collection ofpurulent matter in a bag or cyst.
James Knowles, 1845
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: ...
To afflict with an imposthume. [with an imposthume. IMPOSTHIJMATED,!m- postihu-m4't-ed, pp. Affected IMPOSTHUMATING, !m-post'-hu-m4't-Ing, ppr. Affecting with an imposthume. IMPOSTHUMATION, Im-post-hu-miishfin, «. The act of ...
James Knowles, 1851
4
Dictionary of the English Language ...
To I.\1ro'sri-tuuivrs, im-pos-tshn-mate, v. a. to afilict with an irnposthnme. ImPosrt~ tt:mt'1~ioN, im-pos-tshu-ma'shun, n. :. the act of imposthumating or forming an impnsthumc; the state in which an imposthume is formed. IHPO'S'l'HlJME ...
Samuel Johnson, 1839
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
The act of forming an imposthume; the state in which an imposthume is formed. IMPO'STHUME. s. A collection of purulent matter in a bag or cyst. Harvey. * To IMPOSTHUME. v. n. To breed an imposthume. Huloet. * To IMPO STHCME. v. a. To ...
Samuel Johnson, 1828
6
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
-v. a. [from imposthume.] To afflict with an imposthume. — They -would not fly that surgeon, whose lancet threatens none but the imposthttmated parts. Dec. of Piety . (j.)* To Imposthumate. v. n. To form an abscess ; to gather ; to form a cyst or ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
To IMPOST'HUMATE, v.n. [from imposthume.'] To form an abscess ; to gather ; to form a cyst or bag containing matter. — The bruise impojlhumated, and afterwards turned to a stinking ulcer, which made every body shy to come near her.
‎1811
8
Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
The act of forming an rnipost- hume ; the state in which an imposthume is formed. He that maketh the wound bleed inwards, en- dangereth malign ulcers and pernicious impostu- malions. Bacon, Ess. IMPO'STHUME. n. s. [This seems to have ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
9
Works of Thomas Brooks, Volume 5 of 6
I have read a story of one Pereus, who, running at another with a sword to kill him , by -accident the sword only run into his imposthume and broke that ; and so he was instrumental to save him whom he designed to have killed : and so all the ...
Thomas Brooks, 2001
10
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
v. a. [from imposthume.] To afflict with an impollhume. — They would not fly that surgeon, whose lancet threaten* none but the imposthumated parts. Dec. of Piety . dO * To Imposthumate. v. h. To form an abscess ; to gather ; to form a cyst or bag  ...
‎1816

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPOSTHUME»

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What the Great Greek and Shakespearian Tragedies Have to Teach …
... he declares that undertaking such a war reflects a hidden cancer ("imposthume") of too much "wealth and peace." (Shades of our Iraq folly.). «Huffington Post, Apr 12»

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