grande
/ˈɡɹɑndeɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.97 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces (~ 455 ml).
American usage
noun
Alternative form of grandee.
adj
Alternative form of grand.
Example Sentences
- "As she went to work the only concern prominent in her mind was a strong desire for a couple of grandes from Starbucks."
- "Kevin considered bumming a cig, but he doubted any of them would part with one. Clutching their Starbucks grandes, guarding their garment bags with practiced eyes—how much sympathy could they be expected to muster?"
- "“Harrumph,” Daddy said, flipping through the morning’s deliveries – the L.A. Times, the New York Times and two grandes from Starbucks: decaf Colombian for my stressed superior, and a nonfat capp with a double espresso shot for me."
- "Console yourself with the practical philosophy of our countryman, Private Curtis, who was the picture of a Spanish Grande of the first class, and whom I once heard after a Lenten dinner extemporize with great good-humour this Leonine distich:—“Quod deficit in ferculis / Supplebitur in poculis!”"
- "When we read in almost every book in which the life of Philip is described that he was a man of haughty character with an aversion to every vulgarity; when we read of his ability in courting ladies, his manly beauty, his fine dress as a Spanish grande, we incline to think that before us stands a nobleman of kindred feelings, of carefully fostered nobility."
- "With the exception of the vital Otto Woegerer as Juan, a Spanish grande, equally quick to draw his rapier against Hamlet as to appear a mystically presaging friend, the rest of the large cast fills its space with satisfactory competence."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: grande, -
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable