Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wristful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wrist-ful
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quantity worn on or covering one wrist.

noun

The amount that can be released by a movement of the wrist

noun

The amount that can be taken from a wrist.

Example Sentences

"His main customer is known as Rat, a lean, darting, reddish man with a sniff of what could be an Irish accent and a wristful of watches."
"lt is as well to remember that most falls are forward and downward as far as hands are concerned — and nothing is more uncomfortable than a wristful of icy snow."
"Each child begins with a wristful of rubber bands."
"Every gesture of her hands flashed wristsful of sapphires"
"Kamila braided Tizzie's hair back, gave her wristfuls of bangles to wear and made up her eyes with kohl, and then she really did look different from her usual self."
"He took a brisk wristful of whisky as she raised her glass, then looked at her with a curiously blank stare before breaking the silence."

Etymology

From wrist + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: wrist

Inflected Forms

wristfuls (plural) wristsful (plural)

Questions

What does wristful mean?: A quantity worn on or covering one wrist.
Where does wristful come from?: From wrist + -ful.

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