in-lawry
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In the course of a long life we have only met one person who claimed to be wholly guiltless of “in-lawry.” […] For those who waste their time on reflection it is curious to note that although, as has been pointed out, “in-lawry” is the common fate of the entire human race—you may get through life untouched by fire, water, small-pox, or bankruptcy, but here is no escape—the entire human race continues to remain in open revolt at the situation, alternately gibbing and buck-jumping, as if it were a new impost invented of a cheeseparing Exchequer Chancellor to vex the souls and rob the tills of unoffending citizens."
- "Just as we parents are inclined to reveal certain human frailties which parenthood tends to bring out, so also we grandparents and in-laws are inclined to reveal certain human frailties which our grandparenthood and in-lawry tend to uncover."
- "If he has no deep understanding of individual conduct, like any good provincial observer he can perceive the hidden network of groups, […] by the complicated genealogies of in-lawry."
Etymology
From in-law + -ry.