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immerit

immerit noun: lack of worth; demerit.

Noun

immerit (uncountable)

  1. Lack of worth; demerit.
    • When I receive your lines, my dear Princess, and find there expressions of a passion; though reason and my own immerit tell me, it must not be for me; yet is the cozenage so pleasing to me […]a. 1641, John Suckling, a letter [to unknown]

Origin of immerit

From im- + merit.

Questions about immerit

What does immerit mean?
Immerit means lack of worth; demerit.
What part of speech is immerit?
Immerit is a noun.

Words near immerit in the dictionary

  1. immergence
  2. immergences
  3. immerges
  4. immerging
  5. Immergut
  6. immerit
  7. immerited
  8. immeritorious
  9. immeritoriously
  10. immeritoriousness
  11. immeritous

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