Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gentle annie

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables
gen-tle an-nie
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long uphill road or trail without a resting place.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Informal

noun

A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Possibly related to the Celtic goddess Anann (an aspect of the Mórrígan responsible, among other things, for culling weak cattle) or to the Stephen Foster song Gentle Annie (1856).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Gentle Annies (plural)

Questions

What does gentle annie mean?
A long uphill road or trail without a resting place.
Where does gentle annie come from?
Possibly related to the Celtic goddess Anann (an aspect of the Mórrígan responsible, among other things, for culling weak cattle) or to the Stephen Foster song Gentle Annie (1856).

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