gadroon
/ɡəˈdɹuːn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of a series of raised decorative curves used as adornments on the necks of vases, silverware, etc.
noun
A godroon.
Example Sentences
- "Owing possibly to some flaw in his mental make-up, Uncle Tom has been collecting old silver since I was so high […]. I knew all about that collection of his, not only because I had had to listen to him for hours on the subject of sconces, foliation, ribbon wreaths in high relief and gadroon borders, but because I had what you might call a personal interest in it, once having stolen an eighteenth-century cow-creamer for him."
Etymology
From French godron, from Middle French goderon, from a form of godet (“vase with wavy edges”) + -(e)ron, from Dutch kodde (“piece of cylindrical wood”). Also probably related to goder (“to pucker”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: godron, goderon, kodde