highfather
/ˈhaɪˌfɑː.ðɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A respected, high-ranking male elder or leader; a patriarch; a forefather; a grandfather.
Example Sentences
- "There is no active worship for the Highfather, except at meal time, when all Mischta look into the sky and offer a symbolic thanks to him, whom they call "the Grandfather.""
- "I do not have many powerful friends on earth, but rather they have gone forth, gone away from the joys of the world, sought for themselves the king of glory, they live now in heaven with the Highfather, dwell in glory."
- "As she led him into the house, she told him that the High Father, her adoptive great-grandfather, was equivalent to a Supreme Court Justice."
- "“I did not lie," said the High Father. “The odds of survival are grim. […]""
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle English hehfader, heahfeder, from Old English hēahfæder (“patriarch”, literally “high-father”); or perhaps a direct revival of the Old English word. By surface analysis, high + father.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: hehfader, hēahfæder
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhaɪˌfɑː.ðɚ/
- British English: /ˈhaɪˌfɑː.ðə/