equison
/ɛˈkwaɪzən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An equisonant note.
Example Sentences
- "Once indeed, I confess it, I was very near falling as low: words passed between me and the more favored man of letters, who announces to the world the Works and Days of Newmarket, — the competitors at its games, their horses, their equisons and colours, and the attendant votaries of that goddess who readily leaves Paphos or Amathus for this annual celebration."
- "The primitive Esquires were no other than what the Latins called Equisons, who had the care and intendance of the equerries, or stables only."
- "In France escuere is a stable; in England esquire was the ‛Squire of the stable. Equison was an old name for a horse jockey. We have equestrian, equestrienne, equitant, equitation, equitancy, for riders and riding; equine and equinal, pertaining to the horse; equivorous, horse-flesh eating; equinia, glanders. Equipage, as applied now to a carriage, is not derived from equus, as it might at first sight be supposed."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: aequisonus, *h₁eḱ-, equīsō