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neighbourhead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
neigh-bour-head
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Neighbourhood.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English neiȝboreheed, equivalent to neighbour + -head (“-hood”). Doublet of neighbourhood. Cognate with Scots nechbourhede, nichbourhede, neychbourheid, nichbourheid, neborhed (“neighbourhood”).

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Inflected Forms

neghborhede (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

What does neighbourhead mean?
Neighbourhood.
Where does neighbourhead come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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