Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

appointment in samarra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: ap-point-men-t in samar-ra
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"Perhaps if each of us could truly accept his "appointment in Samarra," the activity of that skeleton in card thirteen would not seem so threatening."
"John O'Hara kept his appointment in Samarra Saturday at the age of 65, and even though I am aware that the Black Hawks are romping toward a Stanley Cup triumph and the Cubs are opening at home tomorrow and the world's greatest golfers are concluding an epic struggle over Augusta National's picturesque acres, I'm going to devote this column to John O'Hara because I think I owe it to him."

Etymology

Literary reference to an ancient Babylonian myth, transcribed by W. Somerset Maugham, in which Death is both the narrator and a central character.

Inflected Forms

appointments in Samarra (plural)

Questions

What does appointment in samarra mean?: One's death.
Where does appointment in samarra come from?: Literary reference to an ancient Babylonian myth, transcribed by W. Somerset Maugham, in which Death is both the narrator and a central character.

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