Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foam-flecked

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: foam-flecked
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Rabid; furious; fanatical.

adj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see foam, flecked.; covered in flecks of foam.

Example Sentences

"Now the hostess became his mistress: his love letters were passionate, indiscreet, and hate-filled, featuring Briish military secrets and foam-flecked rants against Jews:"
"Stephenson had already worked himself into something just short of a foam-flecked tirade by the time Will arrived."
"The stories were fabulous bubbles of outrage (prawn-cocktail flaboured crisps were never banned), but the foam-flecked hymns of hate were real."

Etymology

A reference to the way a rabid animal foams at the mouth.

Inflected Forms

more foam-flecked (comparative) most foam-flecked (superlative)

Questions

What does foam-flecked mean?: Rabid; furious; fanatical.
Where does foam-flecked come from?: A reference to the way a rabid animal foams at the mouth.

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