accoutrement
/əˈku.tɚ.mənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.60 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
noun
Example Sentences
- "Thus One / Jovial his Mate bespoke; O Friend, observe, / How gay with all th'Accoutrements of War / The Britons come, with Gold well fraught they come"
- "Three thousand six hundred of the best fighting men, with complete accoutrement; with cannoneers even, and cannon!"
- "He [Manolo] was supposed to have left Spain while he was doing his military service, that is to say he was in the cavalry and he went across the border, and sold his horse and his accoutrement, and so had enough money to come to Paris and be a sculptor."
- "To me ſhe's married, not vnto my cloathes: / Could I repaire what ſhe will weare in me, / As I can change theſe poore accoutrements, / 'Twere well for Kate, and better for my ſelfe."
- "While one of these loiterers showed the red skin and wild accouterments of a native of the woods, the other exhibited, […]"
- "[H]is clothes, that is to say, although they were of rich and sober fabric, were enormously too large for him in every measurement—the trousers hanging on his legs and rolled up to keep them from the ground, the waist of the coat below his haunches, and the collar sprawling wide upon his shoulders. Strange to relate, this ludicrous accoutrement was far from moving me to laughter."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Middle French
- First known use: First attested in the 1540s
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈku.tɚ.mənt/