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hean

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/hiːn/

Definition of hean

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (obsolete)Mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.
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adj

  1. (obsolete)Mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To treat with contumely; insult; humiliate; debase; lower.

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Etymology

From Middle English hene, from Old English hēan (“lowly, despised, poor, mean, bare, abject”), from Proto-Germanic *hauniz (“low, lowly”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to degrade, humiliate”). Cognate with German höhn (“jeering, demeaning, bad”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (hauns, “contemptible, base, humble”), Dutch hoon (“scorn, insult”), Latvian kauns (“shame, disgrace, dishonour”), Ancient Greek καυνός (kaunós, “bad”).

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