colloped
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having been cut into collops (thin slices).
verb
simple past and past participle of collop
Example Sentences
- "Then dressed in solemn black, the respected Grand-ma of the Bridegroom, who was in such a fever to see the Bride, came stepping mincingly along the floor, glancing from side to side with an amiable look that ruffled the yellowish flesh of her colloped cheeks ."
- "Alive? he might be dead for aught I know, / With that red gaunt and colloped neck a-strain, / And shut eyes underneath the rusty mane;"
- ""Lippy," the gunslinger said, and jerked a thumb back over his shoulder. "Yonder's pluggit, colloped neck and all, only female instead of male.""
- "Cut some breast of cooked turkey, capon or fowl into need collops, add an equal amount of cooked and colloped sweetbread and some sliced truffles and mushrooms, and blend with German sauce."
- "In the double cavity left by the fillets spread a few tablespoonfuls of béchamel with parprika; return the colloped fillets to their respective places in the joint, reconstructing them in such wise as to make them appear untouched; and between the collops pour 1/2 tablespoonful béchamel and lay 2 slices of truffle."
Etymology
From collop + -ed.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more colloped (comparative)
most colloped (superlative)