Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crined

/kɹaɪnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crined
IPA: /kɹaɪnd/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having hair or a mane of a specified tincture, different from that of the body.

Example Sentences

"Sa. three boys' heads couped at the shoulders ppr. having snakes enwrapped about their necks vert ; (sometimes borne with a chev. ar.) Crest - A boy's head as in the arms, (sometimes crined or.) VAUGHAN"
"a crested bird called in Zemblan sampel (‘silktail’), closely resembling a waxwing in shape and shade, is the model of one of the three heraldic creatures (the other two being a reindeer proper and a merman azure, crined or) in the armorial bearings of the Zemblan King, Charles the Beloved"

Etymology

From Old French crine (“hair of the head”) (French crin) + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ed

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /kɹaɪnd/

Rhymes With

find kind mind behind designed signed wind combined presence of mind defined blind assigned

Questions

How do you pronounce crined?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɹaɪnd/.
What does crined mean?: Having hair or a mane of a specified tincture, different from that of the body.
Where does crined come from?: From Old French crine (“hair of the head”) (French crin) + -ed.

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