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smous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
smous
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A peddler.

noun

A Jew from Germany or Eastern Europe.

verb

To go about selling goods, as an itinerant peddler.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans smous or Dutch smous, from a Yiddish word whose precise origin is uncertain. One theory is that it derives from Yiddish משה (moyshe, “Moses”), pronounced moushe in Western Yiddish, from Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (moshé, “Moses”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: smous, -, משה, מֹשֶׁה

Inflected Forms

smouses (plural) smaus (alternative) smause (alternative) smouse (alternative) smouch (alternative) smouses (present, singular) smousing (participle, present) smoused (participle, past) smoused (past)

Questions

What does smous mean?
A peddler.
Where does smous come from?
It is traced to Afrikaans.

How to pronounce smous

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