dromedary
/ˈdɹɑməˌdɛɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.06 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
Referring to a biphasic clinical course of poliomyelitis, typically occurring in children, characterized by a minor illness, followed by an asymptomatic period of several days before the onset of a major illness involving the central nervous system.
Dated
name
A locality in Brighton council area and the Southern Midlands council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Example Sentences
- "The duke in his schelde and dreches no lengere, / Drawes hym a dromedarie, with dredfulle knyghtez; […]"
- "The Dromedarie, Camell, Horſe, and Aſſe, / For loade and carriage doth a Sheepe ſurpaſſe: […]"
- "[T]he Dromedarie […] who is marvellous ſwift, and will run an hundred miles in a day; but the Germanes call a dull and ſlow man a Dromedary, […]"
- "I went to see a Dromedarie, a very monstrous beaste, much like the Camel but larger."
- "Oh, thou Dromedary, thou Founder'd Mule, without a Pack-ſaddle; or what other foul Beaſt ſhall I call thee, for Man thou art not, nor haſt not been to me, Heaven knows the time when? Art not thou aſham'd to ſee me, thou Nincompoop?"
- "Here we alighted, drank ourſelves, and gave our dromedaries to drink as much as they would; then we filled all our veſſels, made on purpoſe for carriage, and took in a much greater proportion of water than we had done proviſions."
Etymology
From Middle English dromedari, dromedarie (“dromedary; any camel”) [and other forms], from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Latin *dromadārius, from dromas, dromadis (“dromedary”) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting agents of use). Dromas and dromadis are derived from Ancient Greek δρομᾰ́ς (dromắs, “running; dromedary”), an ellipsis of δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race, running; race course, track”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɹɑməˌdɛɹi/
- British English: /ˈdɹɒmɪdəɹi/