Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short-neck'd

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: short---neck-'d
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic form of short-necked.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[…] we were reduc’d to make our Extractions in ſhort-neck’d Glaſs-Eggs or Vials exquiſitely ſtop’d […]"
"In Short-neck’d People the Paſſage between the Heart and the Brain being proportionally ſhort, the Force or Momentum of the Circulation in the Brain, is by ſo much the greater; […]"
"But “no, he was a short-neck’d, apoplectic sort of fellow, and, plied well with good things, would soon pop off.”"

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more short-neck'd (comparative) most short-neck'd (superlative)

Questions

What does short-neck'd mean?: Archaic form of short-necked.

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