Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fifthhand

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fifth-hand
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having been relayed by four intermediate sources.

adj

Having had four previous owners.

Example Sentences

"It was secondhand‹make that fourth- or fifthhand. This was from an era before any kind of copyright, when librettists were almost expected to steal from other works."

Etymology

From fifth + hand.

Questions

What does fifthhand mean?: Having been relayed by four intermediate sources.
Where does fifthhand come from?: From fifth + hand.

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