reaper
/ˈɹiːpɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Ellipsis of Grim Reaper.
noun
A recluse spider (Loxosceles and Sicarius spp.).
Example Sentences
- "Even as we looked some rumour seemed to have spread, for we saw the reapers hurrying from the fields."
- "Thereafter when their cups were brimmed anew with foaming wine the Red Foliot spake among them and said, “O ye lords of Witchland, will you that I speak a dirge in honour of Gorice the King that the dark reaper hath this day gathered?”"
- "Don't fear the Reaper / We'll be able to fly"
- "Why is the Grim Reaper a man? True, the noun ending would theoretically allow us to visualize the reaper as a woman as well, but we don't."
- "She told me she wanted to meet the reaper I had only done her a favor She didn't deserve to die But I deserved to kill her"
Etymology
From Middle English reper, repare, repere, *riper (the last, attested only in surnames Ryper, Riper, etc.), from Old English rīpere (“reaper”), equivalent to reap + -er.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: reper, rīpere