drake
/ˈdɹeɪ̯k/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.96 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
Example Sentences
- "A drake belonging to a chemist, having drunk water out of a copper vessel which had contained phosphorous, continued its amorous activities until death."
- "Clay caught sight of the drake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert."
- "Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger."
- "The moon’s my constant Mistresse & the lowlie owle my morrowe. The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make"
- "Drake was not at all what I'd anticipated. His macho soap opera name had put me in mind of aristocrats or oversexed mallards."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts Proto-Germanic *anadz Proto-West Germanic *anad Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Germanic *rekô Proto-West Germanic *rekō Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō Old English *draca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō Old Saxon *anadrako Middle Low German drâkebor.? Middle English drake English drake From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), either from Old English *draca, *andraca (“male duck, drake”) or from Middle Low German drâke, andrâke, from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“drake”, literally “duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₃reǵ-, drake, drâke, *anadrekō, *derḱ-, draca
Usage
Subject
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