Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grandmotherless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grand-moth-er-less
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a grandmother.

Example Sentences

"But I grew up grandmotherless, and the other women in the family used their creativity in different ways."

Etymology

From Middle English grauntmoderles, equivalent to grandmother + -less.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: grauntmoderles

Questions

What does grandmotherless mean?: Without a grandmother.
Where does grandmotherless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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