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hightide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
high-t-ide
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of high tide.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English hegtide, from Old English hēahtīd (“a holy day”), equivalent to high + tide. Cognate with Dutch hoogtijd, German Hochzeit, Danish højtid, Swedish högtid, Icelandic hátíð, Norwegian Bokmål høytid, Norwegian Nynorsk høgtid. Compare also highday, hockday.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hegtide, hēahtīd

Usage

Inflected Forms

hightides (plural)

Questions

What does hightide mean?
Alternative form of high tide.
Where does hightide come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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