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cophetua

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cophet-ua
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who falls in love with a woman instantly and proposes immediate marriage.

Etymology

Name of a character in the ballad of The King and the Beggar-maid, a king who falls in love with a beggar at first sight and marries her.

Inflected Forms

Cophetuas (plural)

Derived Forms

Cophetuan

Questions

What does cophetua mean?
A man who falls in love with a woman instantly and proposes immediate marriage.
Where does cophetua come from?
Name of a character in the ballad of The King and the Beggar-maid, a king who falls in love with a beggar at first sight and marries her.

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