Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cuttystool

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cut-tys-tool
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

noun

A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.

Example Sentences

"She's now nae mair Kate but Miss Dalrymple. Her auld cutty stool that she used at her wheel, Was flung by for her gilded sofa sae gaudy, Now she's arrayed in her silk and brocade, Ind brags о' her muff's and ruff's wi' ony lady."
"And they who passed would see Alison trupling in her garden, speaking to herself like the ill wife she was, or sitting on a cutty-stool by the doorside, with her eyes on other than mortal sights."

Etymology

From cutty + stool.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

cuttystools (plural)

Synonyms

stool of repentance

Questions

What does cuttystool mean?: A low stool.
Where does cuttystool come from?: From cutty + stool.

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