centésimo
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of centesimo (“monetary unit in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile”).
Example Sentences
- "I knew you were waiting for somebody or something, a woman, a baggage, some señorita who doesn’t care two centésimos for you and is after your bolivars!"
- "A coinage of bronze centésimos had been struck in Lyons, Paris, and Birmingham between 1840 and 1869, but only in 1877 was a proper coinage of silver 10, 20, and 50 centésimos, and 1 peso struck to the specifications of the Latin Monetary Union."
- "The Signora, overseeing the process, was scandalised all over again and flew into a rage when Janet offered her one centésimo, the smallest bit of money that was made."