mirliton
/ˈmɪɹləˌtɑn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote.
noun
The eunuch flute, a kind of kazoo or membranophone.
Example Sentences
- "To start your mirliton plant, buy the fruit in a produce-oriented market in spring and plant it in full sunlight in fertile, well-drained soil, leaving the stem half of the fruit out of the ground."
- "One day last summer, Stephon and Scarbaby had been on the way to Neidermayer's grocery store, by the short cut, when Scarbaby decided to pick mirlitons off the mirliton vine in the yard by the Lombarde house, which used to be a plantation[…]"
- "In New Orleans, for example, the mirliton (chayote) tree has grown for centuries[…]"
- "In form the mirlitons resembled flutes, shawms, or other instruments, and were generally furnished with a parchment membrane."
- "Whistles, mirlitons, flutes, trumpets or horns, clarinets, and oboes are all played in one or more parts of the continent."
- "The bars have air resonators below, and mirliton membranes are set over holes in the resonators (see Figure 10-3C)."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɪɹləˌtɑn/
- British English: /ˈmɜːlɪˌtɒn/