elopment
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Many marriages in the state are now contracted by minors falsely swearing to their age. A large proportion of divorces are the result of hasty marriages and elopments."
- "The plot traces the shock, shame, bitterness and desperation of a singularly nice young widow and mother unable to prove her marriage after an elopment."
- "Two-thirds of these bride kidnappings are non-consensual—in some cases, a "kidnapping" is part of a planned elopment—and while the practice has been illegal since 1994, authorities largely look the other way."