Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jambee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jam-bee
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A light walking cane that was fashionable in the eighteenth century. It apparently came from the Calamus plants.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"1709-1711, The Tatler This Virtuoso has a parcel of Jambees now growing in the East-Indies, where he keeps a man on purpose to look after them"

Etymology

See jamb. Compare Old French jamboier (“to walk”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

jambees (plural)

Questions

What does jambee mean?: A light walking cane that was fashionable in the eighteenth century. It apparently came from the Calamus plants.
Where does jambee come from?: See jamb. Compare Old French jamboier (“to walk”).

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