Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dreadlocked

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: dread-locked
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wearing dreadlocks.

verb

simple past and past participle of dreadlock

Example Sentences

"The dreadlocked guitarist played a solo."
""Yes! That was awesome!" a dreadlocked game-master cheered, as one girl triumphed in her game of Fantasy Football."

Etymology

Etymology tree English dreadlock Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English dreadlocked From dreadlock + -ed.

Synonyms

ropeheaded

Questions

What does dreadlocked mean?: Wearing dreadlocks.
Where does dreadlocked come from?: Etymology tree English dreadlock Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English dreadlocked From dreadlock + -ed.

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