Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

headlings

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: head-lings
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of headling (“headlong; precipitately”).

Etymology

From Middle English hedlinges, hedlynges, equivalent to headling + -s. Cognate with Scots heidlingis (“headlong”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: hedlinges
Suffix: headling

Questions

What does headlings mean?: Alternative form of headling (“headlong; precipitately”).
Where does headlings come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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