Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bairnless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bairn-less
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Etymology

From Middle English barnles, from Old English bearnlēas; equivalent to bairn + -less. Cognate with West Frisian bernleas (“childless”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: barnles, bearnlēas
Suffix: bairn

Questions

What does bairnless mean?: childless
Where does bairnless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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