Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grindylow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grindy-low
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A folkloric creature, said to inhabit water and to grab children with its long sinewy arms and drown them.

British usage

Etymology

Possibly connected to Grendel, the monster from the epic Beowulf.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

grindylows (plural) grundylow (alternative)

Questions

What does grindylow mean?: A folkloric creature, said to inhabit water and to grab children with its long sinewy arms and drown them.
Where does grindylow come from?: Possibly connected to Grendel, the monster from the epic Beowulf.

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