Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knickerbockered

/nˈɪkɚbˌɑkɚd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: knicker-bock-ered
IPA: /nˈɪkɚbˌɑkɚd/

34

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dressed in knickerbockers.

Example Sentences

"I stood for a moment struck by the grotesque effect of his soaring figure—his dirty cricket cap, and spiky hair, his little round body, his arms and his knickerbockered legs tucked up tightly—against the weird spaciousness of the lunar scene."

Etymology

From knickerbocker + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: knickerbocker

Questions

How do you pronounce knickerbockered?: The recorded pronunciation is /nˈɪkɚbˌɑkɚd/.
What does knickerbockered mean?: Dressed in knickerbockers.
Where does knickerbockered come from?: From knickerbocker + -ed.

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