dench
/ˈdɛnt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An English surname.
Example Sentences
- "‘Oh God I got it so wrong last night when DS2 was being an arse. I told him he was “Dench” and got a beaming smile and a “Thanks mum”!’ – Smoothieooo"
- "Some may think it is ridic but the evolution of language means that Scrabble has to keep up to stay dench - obvs."
- "They just don't realise that the t-shirt line they designed, the festival they had on the grounds of their family castle and those alcoholic lollies they are desperately trying to fire up wouldn't exist if it wasn't for that dench inheritance fund."
- "This is my final Dench update for 2019. I will continue the bulk into 2020 but will also incorporate a short shred at some point during the year."
Etymology
From Middle English Dench, from Densc (“Danish”), from Old English Denisc, from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. Doublet of Danish.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Dench, Denisc, *daniskaz
Usage
Inflected Forms
more dench (comparative)
most dench (superlative)