Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brideshead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: brideshead
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Suggestive of the traditional English upper classes.

Example Sentences

"In many ways it is easier to penetrate the English elite if one hails from rural Wyoming than from cockney Cheapside. Many of the most "Brideshead" characters I met in Cambridge, for example, actually came from abroad. There was the German lawyer in my course who wore a different-colored paisley ascot every day of the week."
"Every staircase had its earl or an honourable, there was even a maharajah floating about the place. It was still very Brideshead but Johnnie never let such things stop him."

Etymology

In reference to Brideshead Revisited, a 1945 novel by Evelyn Waugh.

Inflected Forms

more Brideshead (comparative) most Brideshead (superlative)

Synonyms

Bridesheadian

Questions

What does brideshead mean?: Suggestive of the traditional English upper classes.
Where does brideshead come from?: In reference to Brideshead Revisited, a 1945 novel by Evelyn Waugh.

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