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wroo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wroo
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A corner; nook.

noun

An enclosure in a grass field, in which cattle are penned up at night.

British usage

Etymology

From Middle English wro, wra, from Old Norse rá, vrá (“corner, nook”), from Proto-Germanic *wranhō (“angle, corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrenk- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Cognate with Scots wra, wray (“corner, nook”), Danish and Swedish vrå (“corner, nook, recess”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: wro, rá, *wranhō, *wrenk-

Usage

Inflected Forms

wroos (plural) wro (alternative) roo (alternative) ray (alternative)

Questions

What does wroo mean?
A corner; nook.
Where does wroo come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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