Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caution to snakes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: cau-tion -to s-nakes
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something bizarre or astonishing.

Archaic; Slang

Example Sentences

"I am crammed full of faults, I'm a mass of mistakes / So stupid, in fact, that you'd deem me half-witted; / But though in my way I'm a "caution to snakes," / I think I'm a party who ought to be pitied."

Usage

Inflected Forms

cautions to snakes (plural)

Questions

What does caution to snakes mean?: Something bizarre or astonishing.

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