fronded
/ˈfɹɒndɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Then light and swift through the jungle trees / We swung in our airy flights, / Or breathed in the balms of the fronded palms / In the hush of the moonless nights;"
- "1912, John Muir, The Yosemite, Chapter 5: The Trees of the Valley, The branches, outspread in flat plumes and, beautifully fronded, sweep gracefully downward and outward, […] ."
- "1966, Malacological Society of Australia, Malacological Society of Australia, Issues 1-10, page 27, On the other hand there is in the author's collection a specimen with single nodules only from 40 fathoms off Wollongong, but more fronded than most shore dwelling forms, […]"
- "Headaches, as well as the unease consequent upon bad dreams, can be relieved by making a fronded stick with a rudimentary face (butun); the pain, or the inauspiciousness, is transferred to this stick, which is left in the forest, […]"
Etymology
From frond + -ed.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈfɹɒndɪd/
Inflected Forms
more fronded (comparative)
most fronded (superlative)