ottoline
/ˈɒtəlaɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name of rare usage.
Example Sentences
- "With her mane of red hair, her six-foot frame and her dazzling and eccentric mode of dress, the beautiful Lady Ottoline Morrell, niece of the Fifth Duke of Portland and wife of the Liberal politician Philip Morrell, ranked among London’s chief literary hostesses from 1907 until her death in 1938."
- "By the end of the week, however, several female scientists and commentators had written or come forward to defend Hunt, including plant biologist Professor Ottoline Leyser, of Cambridge University and a fellow FRS."
- "Dora comes from very new money, Ottoline from the old, entitled upper class."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: ine
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɒtəlaɪn/
Inflected Forms
Ottaline (alternative)
Ottiline (alternative)