adad
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.77 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The god of storms in Mesopotamian mythology.
Example Sentences
- "Adad was often depicted in human form, standing on a bull and wearing a horned headdress and a tiered skirt decorated with stars."
- "The beauty of the sun god, Shamash, shone in his face, and the courage of the storm god, Adad, was in his blood."
- "βAnd adad,β said Andrew, βyou had best not neglect these orders of that worthy knight [β¦].β"
- "βWe'll have no ranting, Dick,β said the old Knight to the young Franklin; βadad, man, we'll have none, for three reasons.β"
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Akkadian ππ
(Adad).