confidante
/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
noun
Nonstandard spelling of confidant (male).
Example Sentences
- "Go to the docks tonight. There a blonde confidante will be waiting for you."
- "Dany’s descent into madness is coming, of that there’s no doubt, especially given that the episode ends with the execution of her confidante Missandei."
- "Meanwhile, Sally peels herself from the stage's only prop – a green-velvet confidante – and staggers off into the wings."
- "To Major Smiley, as his friend, his adviser, and his confidante, Adolphus Fitzopal had opened his heart […]"
- "Henry Wilberforce was one of his few confidantes, certainly the one of longest standing, now that Bowden and Froude were gone and Rogers declined to correspond with him."
- "The fortunate confidante is lost in anonymity. He is a character who has always intrigued biographers […] [but] nothing is known about his name or his personal history."
Etymology
From French confidente.
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰeydʰ-