milton
/ˈmɪltən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Herbert, Sydney, Milton, Seymour. You know, all the time I was growing up I thought those were the most ordinary Jewish first names, until someone pointed out that they were British last names. I guess to my great-grandparents those names must have sounded so modern, so sophisticated, so - non-Eastern European. And now they're just Uncle Miltie, Uncle Sy, Uncle Herb. Do other people have Uncle Donne and Uncle Wordsworth?"
- "The most vulgar man, when he prays, when he suffers, and places hope in heaven, has, at that moment, something in him, which he would express, like Milton, Homer, or Tasso, if education had taught him to clothe his thoughts with words."
Etymology
The English place names are from Old English mylen (“mill”) or middel (“middle”) + tun (“settlement”).
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: mylen
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
Inflected Forms
Miltons (plural)