Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

old-farrant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: old--far-rant
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Old or old-fashioned; (of children) precocious, already as shrewd as someone old.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Whiles he came home: weary old-farrant face Pale from the midnight candle;"
""Ye'd best stand asoide; Ride your old-farrant face behind yon ellum, Hear all, and see your Parish judge the nobs!""
"They sought and searched as for hid treasure; and she was precious in many hearts, the playful little chatterbox with her old-farrant ways, and her bonnie smile!"
"[…] and stately clocks made in the town a hundred years ago, and quaint old-farrant lamps and cogeys and sand-glasses that apologized […]"

Etymology

From old + farrant.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more old-farrant (comparative) most old-farrant (superlative) old-farrand (alternative) old-farant (alternative)

Derived Forms

audfarandly

Questions

What does old-farrant mean?: Old or old-fashioned; (of children) precocious, already as shrewd as someone old.
Where does old-farrant come from?: From old + farrant.

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