Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

earthbred

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: earth-bred
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Low; grovelling; vulgar.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And (flapping his blue wings along) scorch up / All earthbred glory like a sapless reed."
"And bound to earth, their earthbread habits ply"
"She recollected that even while he still sang, she had felt the keen earthbred eyes search her out, as it were, from all the pressing crowd, and mark her for their own; remembered that once his song finished, she had known neither surprise nor chagrin when Lady Ashleigh had brought him up and presented him to Mrs. Paignton and her niece."

Etymology

From earth + bred.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more earthbred (comparative) most earthbred (superlative)

Questions

What does earthbred mean?: Low; grovelling; vulgar.
Where does earthbred come from?: From earth + bred.

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