Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lord only knows

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English

Syllables: lord on-ly -knows
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Alternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men.

Example Sentences

"London has, heaven knows, enough homeless waifs, born the Lord only knows where, and brought up the Lord only knows how; but the London article is no more like the Parisian than chalk is like cheese."

Questions

What does lord only knows mean?: Alternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men.

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