daniel come to judgement
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English
37
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A Daniel come to judgment! Harriet, the Superintendent has caught the hang of our half-witted manner of conversation."
- "But I was treated as a Daniel come to judgment."
Etymology
Coined by English playwright William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice (c.1597), after the Biblical Daniel famed for his wise judgement and dream interpretations.