sweet pea
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A flowering plant, Lathyrus odoratus, grown for its bright colours and sweet fragrance.
noun
A term of endearment for something sweet or lovely; a child or an intimate partner, for example.
Colloquial
Example Sentences
- "No one had such pinks as he had; his sweet-william was unrivaled,—he had only half a dozen geraniums, but then they were such geraniums,—the cottage, once an unsightly little mass of lath and plaster, was now besprinkled with roses; and then, his sweet peas were in blossom, and, fortunately for him who had not much to do, they required a great deal of sticking and tying."
- "He was a nice enough fellow, the boyfriendo. Sweet pea with Jo."