leveret
/ˈlɛvəɹɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] Shall I die like a leveret, Without any resistance?—Help, help, help! I am slain!"
- "Fair Hand that can on Virgin-paper write, Yet from the stain of Ink preserve it white, Whose travel o’er that Silver Field does show, Like track of Leveretts in morning Snow;"
- "As when two skilful hounds the leveret wind; Or chase through woods obscure the trembling hind; Now lost, now seen, they intercept his way, And from the herd still turn the flying prey: So fast, and with such fears, the Trojan flew; So close, so constant, the bold Greeks pursue."
- "They heard Marvel squeal like a caught leveret, and forthwith they were clambering over the bar to his rescue."
Etymology
From Middle English leveret(te), from Old French leveret, diminutive of lievre (“hare”), from Latin leporem, of obscure origin.