Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

john-a-dreams

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: john-a--dreams
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who is a daydreamer and therefore unproductive.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[…] Yet I, / A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak / Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, / and can say nothing."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

John-a-dreamses (plural)

Questions

What does john-a-dreams mean?: A man who is a daydreamer and therefore unproductive.

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