Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spaewife

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spaewife
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

female fortuneteller

Example Sentences

"She was easier of approach than the spaewife, who sat on a creepie and stared at the smouldering peats till her eyes were red and unseeing;"

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots spaewife.

Word Breakdown

Root: spaewife

Inflected Forms

spaewives (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

spaeman

Questions

What does spaewife mean?: female fortuneteller
Where does spaewife come from?: Borrowed from Scots spaewife.

How to pronounce spaewife

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