Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

love-in-idleness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: love-in-i-dle-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Viola tricolor, the wild pansy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The second came up about ten days later in the lee of the channel marker, and it was called stepmother, or love-in-idleness."

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

wild pansy johnny-jump-up heartsease pink of my john viola tricolor

Questions

What does love-in-idleness mean?: Viola tricolor, the wild pansy.

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