kismet
/ˈkɪz.mɛt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.32 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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A small city in Seward County, Kansas.
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A hamlet in Suffolk County, New York.
Example Sentences
- "But these things are kismet, and we only find out all about them just when any knowledge is too late."
- ""Golly!" he cried. "I'm awfully sorry, Bo'sun, but you're It. You're luck's clean out to-day. What rotten Kismet you do have. The Lot fell on you all right, smack in the middle of your chest.""
- "But at this point fickle Kismet, who for a day had played with him bitterly and sardonically, decided to reward him in full for the amusement he had afforded her. Kismet turned the tawny eyes of the snake-charmer to the camel. Kismet led her to lean toward the man beside her and say, "Who's that? That camel?""
- "Sexualised Catholicism, at the dawn of MTV, was Madonna’s first stroke of kismet."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: قسمت, قِسْمَة, ق س م
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɪz.mɛt/
- British English: /ˈkɪz.mɛt/