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inkpen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
inkpen
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3764).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From an unrecorded Old English element *ing (“hill, peak”), which has been postulated to explain a number of placenames such as Ingon or Ingham, + penn (“enclosure; fold”). The second element may alternatively be Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head; top, height”), but that's less likely.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Inkpens (plural)

Questions

What does inkpen mean?
A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3764).
Where does inkpen come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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