Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meandersome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: me-an-der-some
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by meandering.

Example Sentences

"[…] and the tortoises permitted to take their meandersome way, did bobble in the dark in a glimmering sarabande, […]"
"To my agent, Julia Kardon, who believed in this novel from its strange, meandersome beginnings."

Etymology

Etymology tree English meander Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English meandersome From meander + -some.

Inflected Forms

more meandersome (comparative) most meandersome (superlative)

Questions

What does meandersome mean?: Characterised or marked by meandering.
Where does meandersome come from?: Etymology tree English meander Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English meandersome From meander + -some.

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