Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rappee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rappee
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dark, coarse, strongly flavoured snuff.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Thou art like my rappee here, [takes out his box.] a moſt ridiculous ſuperfluity, but a pinch of thee novv and then is a moſt delicious treat."
"The fellow wears a solitaire, uses paint, and takes rappee with all the grimace of a French marquis."
"‘Why, it is difficult, sir, I confess,’ said the tall footman. ‘It may be done by degrees, Sir. Coffee is the best practice. I carried coffee, Sir, for a long time. It looks very like rappee, sir.’"

Etymology

From French (tabac) râpé (“grated (tobacco)”), past participle of râper (“to grate”), from Old French rasper "to scrape"; of Germanic origin.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: râpé

Usage

Inflected Forms

rappees (plural)

Questions

What does rappee mean?: A dark, coarse, strongly flavoured snuff.
Where does rappee come from?: It is traced to French.

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