dorp
/dɔː(ɹ)p/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A village or small town; a town considered provincial.
Example Sentences
- "Omnium rerum viciſſitudo eſt, ones falling, is anothers riſing, and ſo fell it out with that ruind Dorpe or hamlet, which after it had relapſt into the Lordes handes for want of reparations, and there were not men enough in it to defend the ſhore from inuaſion, one Cerdicus a Plaſhing Saxon, that had reueld here and there with his battleaxe, on the bordring bankes of the decrepite ouerworne village now ſurnamed Gorleſtone threw forth his anchor, and with the aſſiſtance of his ſpeare, in ſtead of a pikeſtaffe, leapt agroũd like a ſturdie bruite, and his yeomen bolde caſt their heeles in their necke, and friſkt it after him, […]"
- "When the aforesaid alderman or another wishes to express mild contemptuosity for his fellows and himself in future I would suggest “old fossils” or “old has beens,” or “old fogies,” then the Sir Galahads that are always riding—or driving—about in this progressive dorp will not have any cause to complain."
- "‘You can't hang about this dorp doing nothing.’"
- "I took on a case in the little dorp of Villiers in the Orange Free State."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb- Proto-Indo-European *trab- Proto-Germanic *þurpą Proto-West Germanic *þorp Old Dutch thorp Middle Dutch dorp Dutch dorpbor. English dorp Borrowed from Dutch dorp, which see for more. Doublet of dorf and thorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: dorp