Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surgical-gowned

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: sur-gi-cal--gowned
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wearing a surgical gown.

Example Sentences

"The old woman lovingly polishing a hubcap; the operation on a crash victim that involves surgical-gowned hospital attendants removing the man’s shoes and watch; […]"
"[…] the medics said Big Gulp might even have contractions—in an hour, in a day, a week or a month—a month!—forcing lumpen drowned nacreous soul into the hands of surgical-gowned death-maidens and the fresh mocking air, failed goddess who could not sculpt life from Her offal."
"Occasional rush of make way as a human hooked to machines and entourage of surgical-gowned people run through."

Etymology

From surgical gown + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: surgical gown

Synonyms

surgically gowned

Questions

What does surgical-gowned mean?: Wearing a surgical gown.
Where does surgical-gowned come from?: From surgical gown + -ed.

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