songstress
/ˈsɑŋɡ.stɹɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The songstress paused, and was answered by one or two deep and hollow groans, that seemed to proceed from the very agony of the mortal strife."
- "At every pause in the music she gracefully waved her flower-basket round, inviting the loiterers to buy; and many a sesterce was showered into the basket, either in compliment to the music or in compassion to the songstress—for she was blind."
- "Were I to reproduce the nine other paragraphs, it would be a very curious, instructive, and tedious specimen of literature; and, who knows? I might corrupt some immaculate soul, inspire some actor or actress, singer or songstress, with an itch for public self-laudation, a foible from which they are all at present so free. Witness the Era, the Hornet, and Figaro."
- "Sally Yeh is the winsome and amiable character known as Stool, who’s living next door to the ambitious and tetchy songstress Shu-Shu, who’s both commanding and funny as portrayed by Sylvia Chang."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɑŋɡ.stɹɪs/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Music.