somerset
/ˈsʌm.ɚ.sɛt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel.
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Example Sentences
- "In Somerset, for example, the local farmers would often boil down the beet juice to create a honey tender, a viscous syrup that sweetened the harvest porridge."
- "Remark, in any case, what somersets and contortions a dead Catholicism is making,—skilfully galvanised: hideous, and even piteous, to behold!"
- "And Mr H will demonstrate / Ten somersets he'll undertake / On solid ground."
Etymology
From Old English Sumorsǣte, which is short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning "the people living at or dependent upon Sumortūn (Somerton)". An alternative suggestion is that the name derives from *Seo-mere-sætan meaning "settlers by the sea lakes".
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: Sumorsǣte
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsʌm.ɚ.sɛt/
- British English: /ˈsʌm.ə.sɛt/