Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shallowpate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shal-low-pate
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One whose thinking is shallow or superficial.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"There were Mr. and Mrs. Merriman, a pretty, vivacious little woman in the thirties; her husband, a jovial fellow, something of a shallow-pate, who laughed a good deal at other people's witticisms, and had thereby made himself extremely popular."

Etymology

From shallow + pate.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

shallowpates (plural)

Questions

What does shallowpate mean?: One whose thinking is shallow or superficial.
Where does shallowpate come from?: From shallow + pate.

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