Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frilled

/fɹɪld/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: frilled
IPA: /fɹɪld/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having frills, frilly.

verb

simple past and past participle of frill

Example Sentences

"The sole image of Henry Cavendish captured in his lifetime shows an aristocratic-looking man in a frock coat, frilled shirt-wrists, and white stockings, wearing a knocker-tailed periwig under a black three-cornered hat."

Etymology

Etymology tree English frill Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English frilled From frill + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more frilled (comparative) most frilled (superlative)

Derived Forms

unfrilled

Phrases

frilled agama frilled dragon frilled lizard frilled-neck lizard frilled neck lizard frilled shark southern African frilled shark

Synonyms

frilly ruffled

Rhymes With

killed built build filled skilled thrilled guild rebuild fulfilled grilled billed drilled

Questions

How do you pronounce frilled?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɹɪld/.
What does frilled mean?: Having frills, frilly.
Where does frilled come from?: Etymology tree English frill Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English frilled From frill + -ed.

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