Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fuddlecap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fud-dle-cap
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages too freely.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"1666, S.W., “A Paraphrase upon the first Ode” in The Poems of Horace consisting of Odes, Satyres, and Epistles, rendred in English verse by several persons, London: Henry Brome, p. 3, The Fuddlecap, whose God’s the Vyne, Lacks not the Sun if he have Wine;"
"The num’rous throng of Fuddle-Caps, that here Promiscuously before the Bar appear, On others ruine have themselves enrich’d, And with their charming Juice the World bewitch’d."
"[…] it is a broken and witless Sentence, such as Fuddlecaps utter by halves, when the Wine’s in, and the Wit’s out."
"“[…] Here, fuddle-cap,” he continued, giving her some brandy, “drink, and then tell me the best news you have […].”"

Etymology

From fuddle (“liquor”) + cap (“head”); compare madcap.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

fuddlecaps (plural)

Synonyms

bibber tippler

Questions

What does fuddlecap mean?: Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages too freely.
Where does fuddlecap come from?: From fuddle (“liquor”) + cap (“head”); compare madcap.

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