burthen
/ˈbɝðn̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.93 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Nor less, I trust, To them I may have owed another gift, Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood, In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened:"
- "It was with a daughter of Mr Shepherd, who had returned, after an unprosperous marriage, to her father's house, with the additional burthen of two children."
- "In some cases the conquering state contented itself with imposing a tribute on the vanquished: who, being, in consideration of that burthen, freed from the expense and trouble of their own military and naval protection, might enjoy under it a considerable share of economical prosperity, […]"
- "Bidding them grope their way out and bestir, […] though the worst Burthen of heat was theirs and the dry thirst"
- "It was a vessel of about seventy tons burthen, and shaped something like a Chinese junk."
- "[...] and thence to Calstock, a town on the Tamar, which is washed by the sea flowing through Plymouth Sound and Hamoaze, and which place vessels of 200 tons burthen can reach at spring tides—[...]."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɝðn̩/
- British English: /ˈbɜːðn̩/