Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ray-banned

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: ray-banned
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wearing Ray-Ban sunglasses or eyeglasses.

Example Sentences

"Even in the early 1990s, there was nothing contrary to reason or commonsense in declaring that politics was edging closer to entertainment. A glance on YouTube at a Ray-Banned Bill Clinton playing “Heartbreak Hotel” on tenor sax on the Arsenio Hall Show in 1992 will remind anyone of that."
"“Time to go home, man.” A thick hand drags me up without effort, and I'm staring into the face of the Ray-Banned bouncer."

Etymology

From Ray-Ban + -ed.

Questions

What does ray-banned mean?: Wearing Ray-Ban sunglasses or eyeglasses.
Where does ray-banned come from?: From Ray-Ban + -ed.

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