endwise
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.13 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Upright, or standing on end.
adj
On-end; upright; pertaining or relating to the end.
Example Sentences
- "... modes to the exclusion of either radial arms or any specific curve, my invention not referring to these modes, but to neutralising the endwise pressure on the axis, as more particularly stated hereinafter in my claim of invention."
- "But the same slender member in bending and not in endwise compression can stand an extreme fiber stress several ..."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos Proto-Germanic *andijaz Proto-West Germanic *andī Old English ende Middle English ende English end Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English endwise From end + -wise.
Inflected Forms
more endwise (comparative)
most endwise (superlative)