Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humstrum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hum-strum
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Music badly played, or poor singing.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I was very much struck with a melancholy figure of a blind man, who was singing a song of love[…]"Here are two shillings for thee, my blind Cupid, for which you are not obliged to me, but to a noble gentleman who stands within five yards of you. So get into harbour, and make thyself warm, and keep thy humstrum for fairer weather.""

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

humstrums (plural)

Questions

What does humstrum mean?: An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed.

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