columbine
/ˈkɑləmˌbaɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.91 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
name
A census-designated place in Arapahoe County and Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
name
The sweetheart of Harlequin in old pantomimes.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: columboid, peristeronic"
- "It is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with the columbine innocency, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent."
- "In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library."
- "The Clown is a London cockney, with a prodigious eye to his own comfort and muffins,—a Lord Mayor's fool, who loved "everything that was good;" and Columbine is the boarding-school girl, ripe for running away with, and making a dance of it all the way from Chelsea to Gretna Green."
- "Research indicates that many children are afraid of “a Columbine” occurring in their school, or are concerned about other forms of school violence (Aronson, 2000; Garbarino & deLara, 2002; Gaughan et al., 2001; National Association of Attorneys General, 2000)."
- "Granted, I'm not exactly grabbing an ax and going to town or pulling a “Columbine” but the idea of engaging in such activities has crossed my twisted little mind and plagued my black little heart in dreams only."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑləmˌbaɪn/
- British English: /ˈkɒləmˌbaɪn/