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plat-eye

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
plat--eye
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mythical monster or ghost in the folklore of the West Indies and southern United States; it is a being with large, glowing eyes, capable of shapeshifting and sometimes depicted as a phantom bound to a particular place, such as a cave or grove, as a guardian (for buried treasure, etc).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From plat, a term of unknown origin, plus eye. Attested from the 19th century. Originally African-American, especially South Carolina.

Inflected Forms

plat-eyes (plural)

Questions

What does plat-eye mean?
A mythical monster or ghost in the folklore of the West Indies and southern United States; it is a being with large, glowing eyes, capable of shapeshifting and sometimes depicted as a phantom bound to a particular place, such as a cave or grove, as a guardian (for buried treasure, etc).
Where does plat-eye come from?
From plat, a term of unknown origin, plus eye. Attested from the 19th century. Originally African-American, especially South Carolina.

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