empty nester
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In recent years, however, the “syndrome” aspect of becoming an empty nester has receded to the background as Ageless Explorers have begun to embrace the years when they are free to play and do as they want again."
- "“When empty nesters talk about the teenagers,” the comedian Jim Gaffigan quipped, “they always sound like they’re describing a hurricane: ‘My wife and I thought we were prepared; we lost everything!’”"
- "“People are afraid to home swap because they think people will wreck their houses, but I've had the opposite experience”, says Louisa Davis, a retired empty nester based in Denver, Colorado […]."
Etymology
From empty nest + -er.