Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shrove tuesday

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: shrove tues-day
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

Example Sentences

"Observe when the Moon is new in February, the next Tuesday after is Shrove-tuesday: but if it change on Tuesday, then the next Tuesday following is Shrove-tuesday"
"The day appointed for this extraordinary hunting-party was Shrove Tuesday. The Protestants of Paisley, in whose neighbourhood this story may be said to have originated, cannot discern the difference betwixt Shrove Tuesday and any other Tuesday; but if a Roman Catholic Princess, even in our free times, should be invited to a hunting-match on Shrove Tuesday, she would be shocked at the profane invitation."

Etymology

The second element is Tuesday; the first element may be a reflex of Old English *scrāf “confession” (related to the modern verb shrive), from the medieval practice of priests hearing confessions on this day.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: *scrāf

Inflected Forms

Shrove Tuesdays (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Shrovetide Fat Thursday

Synonyms

Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday Pancake Day Pancake Tuesday Carnival

Questions

What does shrove tuesday mean?: The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
Where does shrove tuesday come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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