Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dowerless

/ˈdaʊ.ə(ɹ).ləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dow-er-less
IPA: /ˈdaʊ.ə(ɹ).ləs/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking a dowry; dowryless.

Example Sentences

"A carol (Greene no. 315) which relates how St. Nicholas helped three dowerless girls employs, in stanzas 4-6, a type of incremental repetition in which each daughter speaks in turn […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English dower Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English dowerless From dower + -less.

Derived Forms

dowerlessness

Synonyms

dowryless

Questions

How do you pronounce dowerless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdaʊ.ə(ɹ).ləs/.
What does dowerless mean?: Lacking a dowry; dowryless.
Where does dowerless come from?: Etymology tree English dower Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English dowerless From dower + -less.

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