Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whelpless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whelp-less
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without, or deprived of, a whelp.

Example Sentences

"Yet, even as the pearly drops trickled to the earth, his whole frame was shaken by a passion more terrible than the rage of the whelpless tigress."

Etymology

From whelp + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: whelp

Questions

What does whelpless mean?: Without, or deprived of, a whelp.
Where does whelpless come from?: From whelp + -less.

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