cathair
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An ancient Irish fortification of stone or earthwork.
Example Sentences
- "How can you tell a cat owner? all the little claw marks on their back...Or by the cathair that sticks to their suit."
- "The conscientious Mrs. Fulgrove was driving away as he pulled into the barnyard, and he waved to her; the woman's scowl indicated that she had worked overtime because of the vast amount of cathair everywhere."
- "Meditate on the steady drone and the rocking of the back and forth vacuum dance you do as you suck up the cathair, the ashes, the seeds, the stray leaves."
- "Cat likes to brush against it and sun on the deck chair, the cushion is a mat of gray cathair."
- "A pimpled chin, dark with cathairs, a mouthful of irregular teeth, were visible below helmet and goggles."
- "The closed-door policy, he liked to explain, kept the cats out of his hair and the cathairs out of his typewriter."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kattuz Proto-West Germanic *kattu Old English catt Middle English cat English cat Proto-Germanic *hērą Proto-West Germanic *hār Old English hǣr Middle English her English hair English cathair From cat + hair.