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birthtide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
birthtide
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The time or season of one's birth, birthtime.

Archaic; Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English burdtide, burð tid, equivalent to birth + tide (“time, season”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

birthtides (plural) birth-tide (alternative)

Questions

What does birthtide mean?
The time or season of one's birth, birthtime.
Where does birthtide come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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