Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

russeting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rus-set-ing
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Russet (a coarse reddish fabric).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Russet (a kind of apple).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Early season damage to citrus fruit caused by rust mites.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of russet

Example Sentences

"Mr. Collinson then produced several samples of the apples; an untainted russeting, a russeting changed in complexion which grew among a great cluster of unaltered brethren, and some apples of the other tree which had caused the change in the russetings, and whose fruit had in turn received a rough cast from the russetings."

Etymology

From russet + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: russet

Usage

Inflected Forms

russetings (plural) russetting (alternative)

Questions

What does russeting mean?: Russet (a coarse reddish fabric).
Where does russeting come from?: From russet + -ing.

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