dieseldom
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
the state of being dieselised, or having achieved dieselisation with the introduction of diesel locomotives.
Literary; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The Texas J1's were eminently satisfactory, but the railroad's disinclination to buy anybody else's ideas was expressed in a rash of duplex-drive 4-4-4-4 and 4-4-6-4 engines after the war. Their theory was admirable but their performance hastened the day of dieseldom."
- "The Alco C-628s had arrived, and the Hoosier Line entered the big leagues of dieseldom."