belinda
/bəˈlɪndə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "1714 Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto V, final verse, This Lock, the Muse shall consecrate to Fame, And 'midst the Stars inscribe Belinda’s Name."
- ""Good-by, my dear Belinda; I leave you to ruminate sweet and bitter thoughts; to think of the last speech and confession of Lady Delacour, or, what will interest you much more, the first speech and confession of—Clarence Harvey.""
- "The fairy tale ended savagely on January 11, 1999, when Belinda’s lifeless body was discovered in a closet. Her skull had been shattered by a shotgun blast at close range."
- "This moon's orbit is nearly identical to that of Belinda, about 47,000 miles (75,000 km) from Uranus."
- "It belongs to the Portia group, made up of Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita; these satellites have similar orbits and photometric characteristics."
- "Miranda and the more recent discoveries have also been named after Shakespearean characters, with the exception of Belinda (1986 U5), which was named after a character from Pope's “The Rape of the Lock.”"