Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fat thursday

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: fat thurs-day
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Thursday before the start of Lent.

Example Sentences

"Rome celebrated its Giovedi Grasso, the Fat Thursday before Lent, with public mummery and carousing and did not listen to the prophets of political gloom."

Inflected Forms

Fat Thursdays (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Shrove Tuesday

Questions

What does fat thursday mean?: The Thursday before the start of Lent.

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