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hardsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hard-some
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised by hardness; stern; severe; difficult.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī) Old English heard Middle English hard English hard Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English hardsome From hard + -some.

Inflected Forms

more hardsome (comparative) most hardsome (superlative)

Questions

What does hardsome mean?
Characterised by hardness; stern; severe; difficult.
Where does hardsome come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī) Old English heard Middle English hard English hard Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English hardsome From hard + -some.

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