abridger
/əˈbɹɪ.d͡ʒɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England, or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton, Pope, and Prior, with a paper from the Spectator, and a chapter from Sterne, are eulogized by a thousand pens—there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them."
- "I am an abridger. When I tell people, at a party for instance, that I am an abridger, their faces cloud with confusion and I always have to explain. What I do is take the written work of other people and compress it."
Etymology
Etymology tree English abridge Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English abridger From abridge + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈbɹɪ.d͡ʒɚ/