turnip-headed
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This consequential pigmy is in fact a perfect curiosity of the human species, and was doubtless intended by nature to occupy a niche in the gallery of the Australian Pickwick. Risen from the bench of the mechanic this turnip-headed moon-calf has the overweening presumption to aspire to the bench of magistracy!"
- "[H]e called Bill a turnip-headed old carrot-cruncher, and other insulting names."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more turnip-headed (comparative)
most turnip-headed (superlative)