Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chapess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chapess
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female chap; a woman.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"My friends are the undergraduates, chaps and chapesses, and as long as I can pour good wine down their gullets and listen into the small hours […]"
"[…] so naturally, we simply couldn't afford to have chaps and chapesses tying the knot and then not having babies after all that fuss."
"Those revered as saints are usually very peculiar chaps and chapesses who succeeded in refusing life just short of actually killing themselves […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English chap Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English chapess From chap + -ess.

Usage

British usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

chapesses (plural) chappess (alternative)

Questions

What does chapess mean?: A female chap; a woman.
Where does chapess come from?: Etymology tree English chap Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English chapess From chap + -ess.

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