Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

without welt or guard

/wɪðˈaʊt wɛlt oɹ ɡɑɹd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: with-out welt or -guard
IPA: /wɪðˈaʊt wɛlt oɹ ɡɑɹd/

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Plainly or straightforwardly; without embellishment.

Dated

prep_phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see without, welt, guard. Of clothing, etc: not having a welt or hem.

Example Sentences

"… without Flattery or Dissimulation, but relate the Story without Welt or Guard, that these People, who are all Persons of Quality, may understand the want of …"
"[BEDFORD-SHIRE, proverbs:] [...] / It is applyed to things plain and simple without either welt or guard to adorne them, as also to matters easie and obvious to be found with / [...] [WARWICK-SHIRE, Saints:] Jacob, a plain man, with Nathaniel an Israelite without guile, welt or gard."
"For, as the Romans, a gowned nation, gave unto them that were entring into mans estate, a virile and plaine gowne, without welt or guard : even so, the Germans our Ancestors bestowed upon their young men, whom they judged meet [...]"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /wɪðˈaʊt wɛlt oɹ ɡɑɹd/

Usage

Dated

Questions

How do you pronounce without welt or guard?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɪðˈaʊt wɛlt oɹ ɡɑɹd/.
What does without welt or guard mean?: Plainly or straightforwardly; without embellishment.

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