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bloody noun

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
blood-y -noun
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The bullfrog, or the sound made by it.

American usage; Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From "blood 'n' 'oun's", from "blood and wounds". Several sources, including Harrison Garman's 1892 A Synopsis of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Illinois, say the frog is so called because "its peculiar bass notes […] have a fancied resemblance to the expression" blood and wounds and other similar-sounding and similarly imposing phrases like "be drowned".

Usage

Inflected Forms

bloody nouns (plural) bloody-noun (alternative) bloodynoun (alternative)

Questions

What does bloody noun mean?
The bullfrog, or the sound made by it.
Where does bloody noun come from?
From "blood 'n' 'oun's", from "blood and wounds". Several sources, including Harrison Garman's 1892 A Synopsis of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Illinois, say the frog is so called because "its peculiar bass notes […] have a fancied resemblance to the expression" blood and wounds and other similar-sounding and similarly imposing phrases like "be drowned".

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