Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

green gown

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: green -gown
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dress that has been stained green from rolling in the grass; generally with allusion to sexual activity, especially a woman's loss of virginity.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Oh, a morning to tempt Ioue frõ his Ningle Ganimed, vvhich is but to giue Dary VVenches greene govvnes as they are going a milking; […]"
"Sometimes they lie open and are most tractable and coming, apt, yielding, and willing to embrace, to take a green gown, with that shepherdess in Theocritus, Idyll. 27, to let their coats, etc. […]"
"Who first gave our SALLY a Green-Gown is uncertain, but it is reported by many […] that upon being admitted an Honorary Member of Mrs. Wisebourn's Academy, she was, (tho' very indifferently) arrayed in that Colour […]"
"The boy […] flung himself upon Juliet, with all his force; protesting that he would give her a green gown."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

green gowns (plural)

Questions

What does green gown mean?: A dress that has been stained green from rolling in the grass; generally with allusion to sexual activity, especially a woman's loss of virginity.

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