kleenices
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Meet Exact Esther, who bought a box of Kleenices."
- "There are a few little air leaks—like behind the refrigerator but I’ve plugged them with Kleenices."
- "Gang, have you retreived^([sic]) your crib sheets, notes index cards, gum wrappers, and Kleenices from the perimeter of the testing area? Last we heard, they were creating a fire hazard."
- "‘Love Story’ stimulated the economy by boosting the sales of Kleenices, a great example of private enterprise Keynesianism."
- "Accompanying the tumbleweed in its trips are the beautiful and multi-colored specimens of Kleenex americanus donated copiously to the freeway viewscapes by generous passing motorists. The tumbleweed is a gracious gift from the Russians, having been imported as a favored ornamental from the steppes of central Asia. The Kleenices, however, are native American in origin."
- "“Stop, I’m crying,” she said. “Wait a minute till I find some Kleenices … I know I had some, a new packet.”"
Etymology
As though Kleenex were pluralized in the manner of Latin third declension nouns. By surface analysis, Kleenex + -i- + -ces.