ladette
/læˈdɛt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A young woman who behaves in a laddish manner, namely being boisterous and loud and drinking to excess.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "It could be argued that the rise of the socially conscious model reflects a very 2017 archetype: the “woke” young woman, who looks set to define femininity this decade in the same way that the lager-swilling ladette did in the 90s. It is also symptomatic of a broader cultural “awokening” that has reached the stuffiest institutions; even the royal family has recently relaxed its upper lip."
- "So the rise in drinking seems to centre on gen X women, or, to give us our proper title, ladettes."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English ladde English lad Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ettebor. Middle English -ette English -ette English ladette From lad + -ette.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /læˈdɛt/