Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bookstave

/ˈbʊk.steɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: book-stave
IPA: /ˈbʊk.steɪv/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of bookstaff (“letter, alphabetic symbol”).

Example Sentences

"[…] “[Doctor Martin] had undercut the pope, cardinals, and the great bishops, ... he had proved they could not offer so much as a bookstave from holy scripture to prove that their great power and lordship were based on God's command."
"'I can't read bookstaves, but Holiday learned himself,' said Softly. […] 'He learned me a bare five bookstaves, but it was enough to read a whole word.'"
"The poetic dialogue between Solomon and Saturn not only calls the rune for R the “best of bookstaves” (bocstafa brego), but it also spells out the Pater Noster, acrostically with runes, […]"

Inflected Forms

bookstaves (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce bookstave?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʊk.steɪv/.
What does bookstave mean?: Alternative form of bookstaff (“letter, alphabetic symbol”).

How to pronounce bookstave

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