Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laurelled

/ˈlɒɹəld/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lau-relled
IPA: /ˈlɒɹəld/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of laurel

British usage

adj

Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.

adj

Example Sentences

"The laurelled head of Macrious, with the usual peculiarities, and the lorica strapped over his shoulders."
"A heavily laurelled Irish bard – no, not the one you're thinking of: another one, with less talent – was reading a purportedly humorous poem to the usual sporadic titters, and I heard a recognizable Scots voice in the crowd near me growl, 'I don't think that's funny. Why does anyone think that's funny. I don't think that's funny.'"
"Her most laurelled novels, which make up The Wonderland Quartet, include the National Book Award–winning Them, and charts the decline of working-class America in the 1960s."

Etymology

From laurel + -ed.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

laureled (alternative)

Synonyms

laureled crowned

Rhymes With

laureled

Questions

How do you pronounce laurelled?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɒɹəld/.
What does laurelled mean?: simple past and past participle of laurel
Where does laurelled come from?: From laurel + -ed.

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