parcen
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English
Etymology
Probably a back-formation from parcener, from Old French parçonier, from parçon, parcion (“part, portion”), from Latin partītiō (“a division”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːsɪn/, /ˈpɑːsn̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹsən/, /ˈpɑɹsn̩/
- Hyphenation: par‧cen
- Homophone: parson (some accents)
Verb
parcen (third-person singular simple present parcens, present participle parcening, simple past and past participle parcened)
Further reading
- “† parcen, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, April 2015.
