Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tercel gentle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: ter-cel -gen-tle
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"Like as a fearefull Dove, which through the raine / Of the wide ayre her way does cut amaine, / Having farre off espyde a Tassell gent, / Which after her his nimble winges doth straine, / Doubleth her hast for feare to bee for-hent [...]."
"O for a Falkners voice, / To lure this Tassell gentle backe againe [...]."
"Marry, out upon thee, foul kite, that would fain be a tercel gentle."

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tertius (“third”) (for complete etymology, see tercel) + gentle (in the archaic sense of "well-born, noble"), ultimately from Latin gens (“[Roman] clan”) (for complete etymology, see gentle)

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: tertius, gens

Inflected Forms

tercel gentles (plural) tercels gentle (plural)

Questions

What does tercel gentle mean?: A male falcon.
Where does tercel gentle come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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