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devil's livery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
dev-il's liv-ery
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The color combination of black and yellow.

Etymology

From the mourning and quarantine uses of the colors.

Inflected Forms

the devil's livery (canonical)

Questions

What does devil's livery mean?
The color combination of black and yellow.
Where does devil's livery come from?
From the mourning and quarantine uses of the colors.

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