Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lace-curtain

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: lace-cur-tain
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having social aspirations, or pretending to be middle class.

Etymology

From the practice of putting lace curtains in the windows.

Inflected Forms

more lace-curtain (comparative) most lace-curtain (superlative)

Questions

What does lace-curtain mean?: Having social aspirations, or pretending to be middle class.
Where does lace-curtain come from?: From the practice of putting lace curtains in the windows.

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