bailey
/ˈbeɪli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.06 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A prison or court of justice.
noun
An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
Example Sentences
- "the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester"
- ""Birds are dinosaurs" is the bailey; "birds are more similar to dinosaurs than anything else" is the motte."
- "“I did not initiate, welcome, encourage, engage in, or learn from much less enjoy, [Adam] Bailey’s tirade. I did not base any part of any of my rulings on it, as Bailey has outlandishly, mistakenly, and defamatorily claimed,” Engoron wrote."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Baileyan