Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tradefallen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trade-fall-en
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

out of work or business, unemployed

Example Sentences

"[D]iſcarded, vniuſt ſeruingmen, yonger ſonnes to yonger brothers, reuolted tapſters, and Oſtlers, tradefalne, the cankers of a calme world, and a long peace, ten times more diſhonourable ragged then an olde fazd ancient, […]"
"In thee I defye all men, there worſt hates, / And their beſt flatteries, all their golden witchcrafts, / With which they intangle the poore ſpirits of fooles, / Diſtreſſed needlewomen and trade-fallne wiues. / Fiſh that muſt needs bite, or themſelues be bitten, / Such hungry things as theſe may ſoone be tooke / With a worme faſtned on a golden hooke."
"It is depressing to watch the bitterness of the disinherited in these sorting-pens; the surliness of outcasts and tradefallen failures—yet no sooner do they step ashore at the Battery than they fill their lungs with American air, which has a marvellous effect."

Etymology

From trade + fallen.

Inflected Forms

more tradefallen (comparative) most tradefallen (superlative)

Questions

What does tradefallen mean?: out of work or business, unemployed
Where does tradefallen come from?: From trade + fallen.

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