Speakur

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red sky at night, shepherds' delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds' warning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
red sky at night, shep-herd-s' de-light; red sky in the -morn-ing, shep-herd-s' warn-ing
IPA
116
Scrabble Score
63
Letters
9
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Alternative form of red sky at night, sailors' delight; red sky at morning, sailors take warning.

Inflected Forms

red sky at night (canonical) shepherds' delight; red sky in the morning (canonical) shepherds' warning (canonical)

Questions

What does red sky at night, shepherds' delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds' warning mean?
Alternative form of red sky at night, sailors' delight; red sky at morning, sailors take warning.

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