chairdrobe
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And to the left of it, and near the foot of a bed, is the chairdrobe (the old and elegant chair too fragile for anyone to contemplate sitting on) and to his left; a small bedside chest of drawers."
- "This didn’t make it to the scholar’s mistress but I did find it on the chairdrobe, which gives you a little peek, if you ever wanted one, into the state of my bedroom."
- "I noted the chairdrobe in almost every bedroom I entered thoughout university."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús Proto-Germanic *warduz Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardō Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardāną Frankish *wardēnbor. Early Medieval Latin wardō Old Northern French warder Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-der. Proto-Germanic Frankish *roubader. Old French robe Old Northern French warderoubebor. Middle English warderobe English wardrobe blend English chairdrobe Blend of chair + wardrobe.