Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

welsh rarebit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: welsh rarebit
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dish of cheese melted with a little ale and served on toast.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Afterwards there was apple-pie and cream and a welsh rarebit. Peregrine said it was almost up to prison fare."

Etymology

Corruption of Welsh rabbit. First attested by Francis Grose in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue in 1785; he erroneously marked Welsh rabbit as a corruption (inverting the historical order); this idea may have originated with him, or been widespread at the time.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Welsh rarebits (plural)

Phrases

buck rarebit rinktum ditty

Frequently Paired Words

rinktum ditty

Synonyms

rarebit Welsh rabbit

Questions

What does welsh rarebit mean?: A dish of cheese melted with a little ale and served on toast.
Where does welsh rarebit come from?: Corruption of Welsh rabbit. First attested by Francis Grose in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue in 1785; he erroneously marked Welsh rabbit as a corruption (inverting the historical order); this idea may have originated with him, or been widespread at the time.

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