Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cruels

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cru-els
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

swelling in the lymph glands of neck, caused by scrofula

Obsolete

Etymology

Corrupted from French écrouelles (“scrofula”). Spelling influenced by cruel.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: écrouelles

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

crewels (alternative)

Questions

What does cruels mean?: swelling in the lymph glands of neck, caused by scrofula
Where does cruels come from?: It is traced to French.

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