winged
/wɪŋɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
verb
simple past and past participle of wing
verb
simple past and past participle of winge
Example Sentences
- "The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters … But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo."
- "weak-winged"
- "The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God."
- "Come Tamburlain, now whet thy winged ſword And lift thy loftie arme into the cloudes, That it may reach the King of Perſeas crowne, And ſet it ſafe on my victorious head."
Etymology
From Middle English winged, wenged (“having wings”), past participle of wingen, from the noun winge, wenge.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: winged