sunshine
/ˈsʌnʃaɪn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An ironic form of address directed toward someone perceived as inferior or troublesome.
British usage; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "We were warmed by the bright sunshine."
- "Oft tymes a thinge doth floꝛiſh, and men thynke that it maye abyde the Sonneſhyne: it ſhuteth foꝛth the bꝛaunches in his garden, it taketh many rotes, in ſo moch that it is like an houſe off ſtones."
- "And all the ſhrubs, vvith ſparkling ſpangles, ſhevv / Like Morning-Sun-ſhine tinsilling the devv."
- "Sunshine, everybody loves the sunshine / Sunshine, folks get down in the sunshine / Sunshine, folks get brown in the sunshine"
- "If there was no sunshine / Then life on Earth would not survive / Just like I would surely die / Without your love"
- "Spring was the sunniest season, and was the sunniest spring on record. It was the season with the fourth most sunshine on record, beaten by three summers: 1911, 1976 and 1995. Summer was then sunnier than average."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: sunnesine
Usage
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Humorous
- Slang
- American usage