Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smell-smock

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
smell-s-mock
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A promiscuous man.

Obsolete

noun

A plant, the cuckooflower or lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis).

British usage

noun

A plant, the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella).

British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From smell + smock (“woman's undergarment”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

smell-smocks (plural) smellsmock (alternative) smell-smocke (alternative) smellsmocke (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Synonyms

Questions

What does smell-smock mean?
A promiscuous man.
Where does smell-smock come from?
From smell + smock (“woman's undergarment”).

How to pronounce smell-smock

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