astraddle
/əˈstɹædəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a straddling position; astride.
prep
In a straddling position on.
Example Sentences
- "The Charioteer rides afore, a-ſtraddle on the Beam that makes the Yoke for the Oxen, which is covered with Scarlet, and finely carved underneath […]"
- "A faint string of smoke was rising from a cigarette-tray—a number of Vanity Fair sat astraddle on the table."
- "She climbed his body and wrapped her legs around him and they made love there, man standing, woman astraddle, in the stone odor of demolition."
- "[…] see that your men reload their muskets the meanwhile, ready for any old woman we may see riding through the air astraddle a broomstick."
- "The used-to-be sheriff sat rakishly astraddle his horse."
- "He spies a group of Irish officers astraddle the road, conferring on horseback."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English straddle English astraddle From a- + straddle.