Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cornkister

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cornkister
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Doric comic song of the late 19th of early 20th century, in the tradition of a bothy ballad.

Etymology

From corn + kist + -er, from Scottish dialect kist (“a chest”).

Inflected Forms

cornkisters (plural)

Questions

What does cornkister mean?: A Doric comic song of the late 19th of early 20th century, in the tradition of a bothy ballad.
Where does cornkister come from?: From corn + kist + -er, from Scottish dialect kist (“a chest”).

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