lie in wait
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Nothing impressed me, so much, in my visits here (which were pretty numerous) as the uncommonly hard and cruel character of the audience, who resent the slightest defect, take nothing good-humouredly, seem to be always lying in wait for an opportunity to hiss, and spare the actresses as little as the actors."