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yule cat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
yule -cat
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Jólaköttur, from Icelandic folklore; a monstrous, house-sized cat that is said to roam the snowy countryside during the Christmas season; according to legend, it eats people who do not receive new clothes to wear before Christmas Eve.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Yule cat

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Yule cat

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Yule cat (canonical)

Questions

What does yule cat mean?
Jólaköttur, from Icelandic folklore; a monstrous, house-sized cat that is said to roam the snowy countryside during the Christmas season; according to legend, it eats people who do not receive new clothes to wear before Christmas Eve.

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