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haggister

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hag-gis-ter
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A magpie.

British usage

Etymology

From Middle English *haguster, aguster, from Old English *agustre, from Proto-West Germanic *agustrā, *agistrā, variant of *agastrijā (“magpie, woodpecker”); related to West Frisian ekster (“magpie”), Dutch ekster (“magpie”), German Low German Heister, Häster (“magpie”), Swabian Ägerst (“magpie”). Compare also German Elster (“magpie”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *haguster, *agustre, *agustrā

Usage

Inflected Forms

haggisters (plural) hagester (alternative) hagister (alternative) eggiste (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

haggess haggis

Questions

What does haggister mean?
A magpie.
Where does haggister come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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