fylfot
/ˈfɪl.fɑt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.
Example Sentences
- "Then look at that jade fylfot charm pawned for one-and-three down at the Basin and the use that could have been made of it in the Kharkov 'ritual murder' trial."
- "Morley: A year and a half ago I stumbled into your gingerbread office, a lost, frightened soul in terrified flight across the great yawning terror of doubt—a human being, in short!—and you chanted some hagridden formulas and danged some fylfots..."
- "There was a coffee tray on top of it, and spilt coffee part hid the fylfot design of the tray."
Etymology
Uncertain, but likely from Middle English fillen (“to fill”) (from Old English fyllan) + fot (“foot”) (from Old English fōt), in reference to its use as a design to be placed at the bottom of stained-glass windows.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: fillen, fyllan, fōt
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɪl.fɑt/
- British English: /ˈfɪl.fɒt/