englishry
/ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Those people living in Ireland or in Wales who are of English descent (chiefly with definite article).
noun
In medieval Britain, the part of a lordship or other domain inhabited by English people and governed according to English law.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "a general massacre of the Englishry"
- "Blue-eyed women he believed there were in Kashmir, but here was the mythical Englishry of fair hair as well."
- "It is these people who, taking with them so much furniture and Englishry of all kinds have set up everywhere communities with names like ‘Little England’, ‘Newest England’, ‘England Again’ which are more English than England ever was."
- "Yes, [Philip] Larkin was an icon of Englishry, and a fine specimen of its complexes and neuroses: not only arrogant and xenophobic hut also inward-looking, frightened, and depressive."
Etymology
From English + -ry, in legal senses after Anglo-Norman englescherie, englecherie. Compare Late Latin Anglescheria, Englescheria (“the state of being English”).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/
- British English: /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/