Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dundreary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dun-drea-ry
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any type of fashion, hairstyles etc. associated with the foppish Lord Dundreary in Taylor's Our American Cousin.

noun

A person reminiscent of Lord Dundreary; a fop, a dandy.

Obsolete

noun

Long, bushy sideburns.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Dundreary.

Example Sentences

"The shop windows were filled with Dundreary scarves, and Brother Sam scarves, and there were Dundreary collars and Dundreary shirts, and Dundrearyisms were on every lip."
"‘I shall, if I may claim the second dance,’ spoke up a young man with Dundreary whiskers."
"All at once, the Emperor began to whistle. He really did purse his lips, the wings of his dundrearies moved a little closer together, and the Emperor whistled a tune, a familiar, if somewhat distorted tune."

Etymology

From the name of Lord Dundreary, a character in Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin (1858).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

Dundrearys (plural) Dundrearies (plural)

Derived Forms

Dundrearyism

Synonyms

Piccadilly weepers

Questions

What does dundreary mean?: Any type of fashion, hairstyles etc. associated with the foppish Lord Dundreary in Taylor's Our American Cousin.
Where does dundreary come from?: From the name of Lord Dundreary, a character in Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin (1858).

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