Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wear yellow stockings

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
wear yel-low -s-tock-ings
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

be jealous

Obsolete

Etymology

Compare Swedish bära svarta strumpor.

Usage

Inflected Forms

wears yellow stockings (present, singular) wearing yellow stockings (participle, present) wore yellow stockings (past) worn yellow stockings (participle, past)

Questions

What does wear yellow stockings mean?
be jealous
Where does wear yellow stockings come from?
Compare Swedish bära svarta strumpor.

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