Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cat's silver

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: cat's sil-ver
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Another variety of mica in spangles of a yellowish gold, or whitish silver colour, is known all over the world, by the ridiculous names of cat's gold, or cat's silver."

Etymology

Calque of German Katzensilber

Usage

Questions

What does cat's silver mean?: mica
Where does cat's silver come from?: Calque of German Katzensilber

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