de vries
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.60 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative letter-case form of de Vries: a surname from Dutch.
Example Sentences
- "Plant-breeders have long believed that by selecting desirable variations we have an efficient means of improving plants just as evolutionists have held and many continue to hold that evolution goes forward by means of natural selection from these variations. But there is a new school, headed by the Dutch botanist, [Hugo] De Vries, who believe that these variations do not produce anything new, but that they always oscillate around an average, and if removed from this for a time, they show a tendency to return to it."
- "Judge Marion De Vries resigned today as Judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals to take up the practice of law after a public service of thirty-five years."
- "ADMIRERS of the work of Peter De Vries (and this reviewer is a stanch one) may find the hilarity in his new book not only rather forced, even for him, but a bit warmed over."
- "Off comes start striker [Myer] Bevan and on comes New Zealand international Ryan De Vries."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
de Vrieses (plural)
deVries (alternative)
Vries (alternative)