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8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled
originFrom Middle English *estoppel (found only as stoppel, stoppell, stopple, etc.), probably from Old French estoupail, estopail, estopaille, a bung made of oakum (étoupe), from Latin stuppa ("flax, tow"), from Ancient Greek στύππη (stuppē).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- loppets 11
- peoples 11
- stopple 11
- topples 11
- loppet 10
- people 10
- peplos 10
- steppe 10
- topple 10
- epopt 9
- opepe 9
- peeps 9