half-mourning
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""Very nice of Miss Hutchins to go into half-mourning, Parkinson," he remarked as they went along. "Thoughtful, and yet not ostentatious.""
Usage
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Humorous
- Obsolete
- Slang