downcome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
noun
In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
verb
To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
Example Sentences
- "And doutles, when ever the Pope shall fall, if his ruine bee not like the sudden down-come of a Towre, the Bishops, when they see him tottering, will leave him, and fall to scrambling […]"
- "Mirage-bound and moving blind, he downcomes, Up-growing from his sapling game In the laughing park, Bearing the stolen spark"
- "Everthing downcame today Anne the world's spinning out and I spec we finally all going to be riding raw."
- "If she exes I don't know what would downcome."
Etymology
From down- + come.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: down