kersey
/ˈkɝzi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL999904).
Countable; Uncountable
name
A town in Weld County, Colorado, United States, derived from a maiden name.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Hencefoorth my wooing minde ſhalbe expreſt / In ruſſet yeas, and honeſt kerſie noes."
- "[T]here was a Report, that one of our Ships having by Stealth delivered her Cargo, among which was ſome Bales of Engliſh Cloth, Cotton, Kerſyes, and ſuch like Goods, the Spaniards cauſed all the Goods to be burnt, and puniſhed the Men with Death who were concern'd in carrying them on Shore."
- "In Adirondac lakes, / At morn or noon, the guide rows bareheaded: / Shoes, flannel shirt, and kersey trousers make / His brief toilette […]"
- "The village itself, however, is invisible until you come to a corner with an archaic wooden pump high on the right bank, turn, and then suddenly, there it is - all of Kersey, running steeply down The Street to a water-splash through a tributary of the Brett, and up again, just as steeply, to the summit of Church Hill."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: kersey
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɝzi/
- British English: /ˈkɜːzi/