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bedlamer

/ˈbɛdləmɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bed-lamer
IPA
/ˈbɛdləmɚ/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young harp seal after its second moult.

Canadian usage

Etymology

Borrowed from French bête de la mer. The construction and spelling of the loanword was evidently influenced by Bedlam and bedlam, suggesting reanalysis as bedlam + -er. This seems all the more plausible given that these seals are sometimes quite vocal, doing a lot of barking, yelling, and mumbling.

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Inflected Forms

bedlamers (plural)

Phrases

Bedlamer Head

Questions

How do you pronounce bedlamer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɛdləmɚ/.
What does bedlamer mean?
A young harp seal after its second moult.
Where does bedlamer come from?
It is traced to French.

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