bebother
/bəˈbɑðɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“There is brass for all. Just home, paid off—and find my wife dead—and me saddled with the yowling kid. I’m off to sea again. Don’t see no sport widering here all bebothered with a baby.”"
- "At present I am all upside down—nohow—bebothered—& can only write this much."
- "‘[…]But above all ... above all, you are the bewitching bebothering and bewildering Evita!'"
- "‘Confusticate and bebother these dwarves!’ he said aloud."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English bother English bebother From be- (“thoroughly”) + bother.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bəˈbɑðɚ/
- British English: /bəˈbɒðə/