Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spikenel

/ˈspɪknəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spike-nel
IPA: /ˈspɪknəl/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rare spelling of spignel.

Example Sentences

"MEW, the Herb call'd alſo Spikenel and wild Dill."
"A mixture of many articles is given by the natives, and known as "Treak Farook", or "Theriaca Andromachi". […] Poly mountain, ground pine, storax in tear, spikenel, amomum, valerian, Celtic spikenard, sealed earth, Indian leaf, gentian, aniseed, balsam, gum arabic, cardamoms, flowers St. John's wort."
"You pluck a goose while it yet lives, then you butter and lard it well. A duck will do, but there's more meat on a goose. You set it within a ring of fires, supplied with a bowl of water with salt and spikenel in it."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈspɪknəl/
British English: /ˈspɪknəl/

Homonyms

spicknel spiknel

Questions

How do you pronounce spikenel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspɪknəl/.
What does spikenel mean?: Rare spelling of spignel.

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