dumbledore
/ˈdʌm.bəl.dɔːɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.04 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A beetle, typically a cockchafer or dung beetle.
noun
A dandelion.
Example Sentences
- "Those slopes of fresh turf, embroidered with every minute blossom of the moor — thyme, birdsfoot, eyebright, and dwarf purple thistle, buzzed and hummed over by busy, black-tailed, yellow-banded dumbledores."
- "A shaded lamp and a waving blind, / And the beat of a clock from a distant floor: / On this scene enter – winged, horned, and spined – / A longlegs, a moth, and a dumbledore —"
- "Now and then a dumbledore or ‘busy bee’ as they are called by some, propelled itself across our path, they being extremely large and heavy this year."
- "A dumbledore, lured from the plantation, lies on its back, leaping and churning upon Seth’s bright pages."
- "others may need to be informd that a blastnashun straddlebob is a dumbledore, that is to say, a polyonymous lamellicorn coleopter, cald also a dorbeetle, a dorbug, a maybeetle, a maybug, a cockchafer, a Melolontha vulgaris."
- "The Dandelion has a number of common names in Newfoundland. These include Dumbledore, Faceclock, and Piss-a-beds."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdʌm.bəl.dɔːɹ/
- British English: /ˈdʌm.bəl.dɔː/