lincolnshire
/ˈlɪŋkənʃəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A county of eastern England bordered by South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and the North Sea.
Example Sentences
- "The king experienced his first attack in autumn 1788, and as his condition worsened and the physicians-in-ordinary proved unable to cope or cure, the Reverend Dr Francis Willis (1717–1807), a clergyman doctor who ran a madhouse in Lincolnshire, was called in."
- "On the surface, the film is a globe-trotting gross-out caper in which Nobby, who's from a hellish version of the titular Lincolnshire town ("twinned with Chernobyl"), is reunited with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who has become a spy for the British secret services."
- "Rutland (and some of the bordering ‘Notswolds’ counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire) have the same mellow, creamy limestone as the Cotswolds and boast beguiling market towns and villages that are every bit as attractive, but without the tourists or hefty prices."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Lincolneschire, Lincolnschire, from late Old English Lincolnesċīr (first recorded in the 11th century); equivalent to Lincoln + -shire.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Lincolneschire, Lincolnesċīr
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɪŋkənʃəɹ/
- British English: /ˈlɪŋkənˌʃɪə/