Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gleecraft

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gleecraft
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Music; the art of music.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Other things earthen, as they fade and crumble, Sing deathsongs in the minor key of gleecraft."
"This could be revived in the form gleecraft."
"It was the outshapen uptippening of a bad tide; but some folk are wont to forsend all deemstery of gleecraft as inwoning."
"Your heart sang with his gleecraft, words wondrously wrought, kennings keen with knowing."

Etymology

From Middle English gleocræft, from Old English glēocræft, glīwcræft (“music, art of music, minstrelsy”), equivalent to glee + -craft.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: gleocræft, glēocræft
Suffix: glee

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does gleecraft mean?: Music; the art of music.
Where does gleecraft come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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