witherweight
/ˈwɪðə(ɹ)ˌweɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It is good to have a speciall care that gifts come not in the ballance with grace; for that is too gross a wither-weight. Lay by the painted case when you weigh the jewell; […]"
- "He puts it ay so upon their hand that he gives them it with a wother weight; […]"
- "So, upon the whole, you judge that the balance preponderates on our side just now ?" " I should think sae, Sire, when sic a clod as this castle of Roxburgh is thrown into the bucket. It is nae witherweight this for the end of a weigh-bauk."
Etymology
From wither- (“counter-”) + weight. Compare Middle English witherweȝen (“to counter-weight, counter-balance”).
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
witherweights (plural)
wither weight (alternative)
wother weight (alternative)
widder wecht (alternative)
wodderweght (alternative)