rosie
/ˈɹoʊziː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the female given name Rose, Rosemary and other female names related to the rose. Also used as a formal given name.
noun
A female factory worker during World War II (after the 1942 song Rosie the Riveter).
American usage; Countable; Informal
Example Sentences
- "[…] continued oppression and exploitation of women in the workplace 50 years after the Rosies entered wartime factories."
- "Now for a quick lamp over the slag. Ever had someone put some snout ash in your rosie? Makes you put on that wry face, doesn’t it? Well, that’s what the slag does."
- "now that i have successfully propagated some nice little rosies using your method, and have begun potting them, my questions turn to getting them through the winter."
- "Oh, it should have had been pink and had little rosies and flowers all around it. That's the only way that "the females" could understand it."
- "Radio collar stuff? My best dog devices are the pruned canes laid on the ground where I don't want them to run. Stopped them from running down the little rosies until I laid the mulch on top of them by mistake. Then the dogs ran down the little rosies."
Etymology
Diminutives + -ie.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹoʊziː/
- British English: /ˈɹəʊziː/