Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

formalwear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: for-mal-wear
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clothing suited to formal occasions

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"With their hair half up, and dressed demurely in black formalwear, they seemed like lost girls and conveyed little beyond a vague sense of urgency and dread; sure technicians all, they are not yet artists able to make their lashing limbs and inscrutable gestures mean something."

Etymology

Etymology tree English formal Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English -wear English formalwear From formal + -wear.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

formal wear (alternative)

Synonyms

eveningwear evening dress evening clothes

Questions

What does formalwear mean?: Clothing suited to formal occasions
Where does formalwear come from?: Etymology tree English formal Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English -wear English formalwear From formal + -wear.

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