Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

book-ridden

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: book-rid-den
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dominated or plagued by books.

Example Sentences

"He refused to come out of his dusty book-ridden room."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English -ridden English book-ridden From book + -ridden.

Inflected Forms

more book-ridden (comparative) most book-ridden (superlative)

Questions

What does book-ridden mean?: Dominated or plagued by books.
Where does book-ridden come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English -ridden English book-ridden From book + -ridden.

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