aswirl
/əˈswɜː(ɹ)l/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A burst of cloudy topsails Go blowing swiftly by, With the stars aswirl behind them Like bright dust down the sky."
- "snow’s aswirl like the ashes from burnt-out celestial wards,"
- "The air was aswirl with screaming gulls."
- "An ebullient woman aswirl in colorful layers of bargain-basement clothes and zany hats, Barbara Siegel also happens to be chairwoman of the Drama Desk nominating committee."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English swirl English aswirl From a- + swirl.