Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pissabed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: piss-abed
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), formerly much used for its diuretic properties.

noun

Any of various other wild plants with diuretic properties; bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.

noun

Archaic; Slang

Example Sentences

"Of flowers there was no trace, save of the flowers that plant themselves, or never die […] The chief of these was the pissabed."
"The tufted hillock […] had no buildings on and only golden clumps of piss-the-bed that were not yet gone into misty balls of seed."

Etymology

From piss + bed or piss + abed, so called after the dandelion's supposed diuretic effect. Compare French pissenlit.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pissabeds (plural) piss-the-bed (alternative) pissy-bed (alternative) pissy bed (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

bedwetting

Questions

What does pissabed mean?: Any dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), formerly much used for its diuretic properties.
Where does pissabed come from?: From piss + bed or piss + abed, so called after the dandelion's supposed diuretic effect. Compare French pissenlit.

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