convict hour
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Around four to five o'clock in the morning.
Example Sentences
- "At the convict hour between four and five when even those with the least to fear are darkened and sober, and back away from waking."
- "The beauty of four in the morning is not its furnishings and décor, but its aim-lessness and stolen quality. I suppose that's why Cappy always calls it “The Convict Hour.”"
Etymology
convict + hour, as criminal activities might be expected to take place in the quiet hours of the night.
Inflected Forms
the convict hour (canonical)