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12 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective generous in assistance to the poor
originFrom Medieval Latin eleēmosynārius (“alms dispenser”), from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful”) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē, “suffix denoting an abstract noun”). Compare Italian elemosina.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- yeomanly 16
- yeomanry 16
- amylenes 13
- moneyers 13
- ramosely 13
- almonry 12
- amylene 12
- amylose 12
- anymore 12
- eyesome 12
- masonry 12
- moneyer 12