creamware
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.34 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Cream-coloured earthenware produced chiefly from 1750 to 1820 by the potters of Staffordshire, England
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Its worth was quickly recognized: in 1765, Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, ordered a creamware tea set."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama-der. Proto-Celtic *krammender. Gaulish *cramabor.? Late Latin crāmum Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma blend Old French cresmebor. Middle English creme English cream Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English creamware From cream + -ware.