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postilion sentence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
pos-til-ion sen-tence
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phrase that is linguistically correct, but of no realistically practical use.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Refers to the phrase "My postillion has been struck by lightning," said to be an example of the unusual terms found in some 19th- and early 20th-century phrasebooks.

Inflected Forms

postilion sentences (plural)

Questions

What does postilion sentence mean?
A phrase that is linguistically correct, but of no realistically practical use.
Where does postilion sentence come from?
Refers to the phrase "My postillion has been struck by lightning," said to be an example of the unusual terms found in some 19th- and early 20th-century phrasebooks.

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