hinchcliffe
/ˈhɪnt͡ʃklɪf/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname from Old English.
Example Sentences
- "The Harris campaign immediately seized on Hinchcliffe’s remarks about Puerto Rico. In a tweet posted after his introduction, Hinchcliffe wrote in response, “These people have no sense of humor.”"
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in West Yorkshire, from the unattested Old English word *henge (“steep”) + clif (“cliff”). See henġeclif.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
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