verse
/ˈvɝs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse."
- "The restrictions of verse have steadily been relaxed over time."
- "Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second."
- "It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet."
- "playing on pipes of corn and versing love"
- "He versed us in the finer points of category theory."
Etymology
From Middle English vers, from a mixture of Old English fers and Old French vers; both from Latin versus (“a line in writing, and in poetry a verse; (originally) row, furrow”), from vertō (“to turn around”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvɝs/
- British English: /vɜːs/