Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hisn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hisn
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

His.

British usage; American usage

Example Sentences

"I will not show him this letter of yours, though you seem to desire it, lest it should provoke him to be too severe a schoolmaster, when you are his'n."
"An' every feller felt ez though all Mexico wuz hisn."
"But in the absolute whosen is often substituted, as in "if it ain't hisn, then whosen is it?" The imitation is obvious."

Etymology

From Middle English hisen, ultimately corresponding to an alteration of his after mine, thine.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: hisen

Usage

British usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

his'n (alternative)

Questions

What does hisn mean?: His.
Where does hisn come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce hisn

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