skilled
/skɪld/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of skill
Example Sentences
- "In the Ming Dynasty, a man named Zhang Weiyan in Jiangyin, of Jiangsu Province, was a skilled writer. He was quite well-known in his region."
- "The minimum hourly wage for construction workers has increased to NOK 250,30 per hour for skilled workers and NOK 226,90 for unskilled workers, with an additional rate of NOK 235,80 for unskilled workers with at least one year’s experience in the industry."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Germanic *skilją Old Norse skilbor. Middle English skill English skill Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English skilled From skill (noun) + -ed.
Inflected Forms
more skilled (comparative)
most skilled (superlative)