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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marrowsky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mar-rowsky
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Spoonerism.

British usage

Etymology

First attested in 1859 and most likely derived from Polish Morawski. Generally thought to be named after a Polish nobleman active in London a couple of decades before the word's first attestation who suffered from accidental sound transpositions (possibly Józef Boruwłaski).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

marrowskies (plural)

Questions

What does marrowsky mean?
Spoonerism.
Where does marrowsky come from?
It is traced to Polish. First known use: First attested in 1859.

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