scandalette
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This article was the genesis of a small scandal in its day, a mere scandalette of little consequence."
- "In answer to something asked him, he says, "Oh, but that was a real scandal." Then turns to me and I say, “In contrast to now, which is a mere scandalette.”"
- "I tried to concentrate on this very tiny but very fascinating scandal-ette involving a leggy blonde Russian researcher, but Jude Law — and Spoonerisms — kept distracting me."
Etymology
From scandal + -ette.