clorinda
/klɔɹˈində/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Italian, of rare usage.
Example Sentences
- "Mrs. John Mead Howells has sent out invitations for a luncheon Wednesday at Pierre's for Miss Clorinda York, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. York of The Hill, Stonington, Conn. and Princeton."
- "Surviving are his widow, the former Marion Bristol: 3 sons, John B., Dr. Walter R. and Edgar H.; 2 daughters, Mrs. Clorinda A. L. Kirkman and Mrs. Dorothy L. Brindley; a sister, and 15 grandchildren."
- "The first American colony in Palestine was established by a Philadelphia matron, Clorinda S. Minor, who apparently was influenced by an apocalypse-preaching movement called the Millerites, according to Mordechai Naor, an Israeli historian who has written 16 books on Palestine and is writing another on the American colonies here."
Etymology
From Italian Clorinda.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Clorinda