Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wooden spoonist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wood-en spoon-ist
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of wooden spooner: a last-place finisher.

Example Sentences

"At the tail of the long list was Mr. R. P, of Fitzwilliam Hall, the " wooden spoonist.""
"Thus it was that in the electoral League-table of the twentieth century so far the Conservatives had to be debited with the wooden spoonist as well as credited with the champion."
"'From the position of “wooden spoonist” [Gloucestershire] rose to the honourable position of fourth in the list, and became once again a team whose drawing capacity as regards “gate” was unsurpassed by any other County.'"

Etymology

From wooden spoon + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: wooden spoon

Inflected Forms

wooden spoonists (plural)

Synonyms

wooden spooner

Questions

What does wooden spoonist mean?: Synonym of wooden spooner: a last-place finisher.
Where does wooden spoonist come from?: From wooden spoon + -ist.

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