frillsome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised or marked by frill(s)
Example Sentences
- "And on the bed with its pretty eiderdown there was laid out my — that is her dress for to-night at dinner. A frillsome petticoat, a purple silk skirt (very full and looking short enough for a little girl) and a flesh-pink chiffon blouse, entirely transparent."
- "oh where is it now, that pink frillsome thing…"
- "Now I was sure psychologists had determined that a rustic bedroom was the most soothing ambiance for waking up from dead. This room was a little different from the previous one, less frillsome and more to my taste, but all the same basic elements were there."
Etymology
From frill + -some.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more frillsome (comparative)
most frillsome (superlative)