inkstain
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A spot or area that has been discoloured by absorbing ink.
Example Sentences
- "He was shabby and careless, with inkstains on the sleeves of his jacket, and his cravat was large and billowy, under a chin shaped like the toe of an old boot."
- "She noticed, too, an inkstain on his right forefinger and judged that the daily grind of theme-correction was going on in spite of everything. - Cope, flushed and now rather tired, walked up stairs with his photographs, took a perfunctory sip from a medicine-glass, looked at the inkstain on his finger, and sat down at his table. Two or three sheets of a letter were lying on it, and he re-read a paragraph or so before dipping his pen."