Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neverthriving

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nev-er-thriv-ing
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of jugglers.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"where did i go wrong? *sob, sob* i merely wanted to point out that not all neverthrivings consist of solely men, that there are some average juggling women.......who don't have testicles."
"For those who don't know, there was a juggling party (not quite a convention, but an informal neverthriving) in Bermuda over the weekend."
"Minnesota Neverthriving (15th-century jargon for a company of jugglers) meets in south Minneapolis."

Etymology

From never + thriving. Included in a list of collective nouns in the Book of Saint Albans, published in 1486.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

neverthrivings (plural)

Questions

What does neverthriving mean?: A group of jugglers.
Where does neverthriving come from?: From never + thriving. Included in a list of collective nouns in the Book of Saint Albans, published in 1486.

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