Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oil of olives

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: oil of o-lives
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Common Oil of Olives, is pressed out of ripe olives, not out of the stones."
"Oil of olives.—The province of Suse produces great abundance of this oil."

Etymology

From Middle English oile of olyvys.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: oile of olyvys

Usage

Inflected Forms

oil of olive (alternative)

Questions

What does oil of olives mean?: Olive oil.
Where does oil of olives come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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