uncowl
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "See’st thou an Isle, by Palmers, Pilgrims trod, Men bearded, bald, cowl’d, uncowl’d, shod, unshod,"
- "Can the pope, to say nothing of himself and his cardinals, do away with his four archbishops and ninety-eight bishops? Will he reduce the prodigious number of his priests, who muster as strong as one twenty-eighth of the population? Will he uncowl his monks, two thousand and twenty-three of whom swarm about the streets of Rome alone?"
- "1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Osorio, London: John Pearson, 1873, Act I, p. 24, I pray you, think us friends—uncowl your face, For you seem faint, and the night-breeze blows healing."
- "While we uncowl our souls, Bare to the God who rolls Earth on its icy poles, Clasp me in pray’r."
- "“Monseigneur, it is not often your capuchin uncowls; least of all when he wishes to remain unknown! […]”"
- "And thence, after a word or two had passed, came the priest I had seen; and when he uncowled I knew him for my friend Selred, and glad I was to see him."
Etymology
From un- + cowl.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un