Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morrice

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: mor-rice
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A morris dance.

verb

To dance, especially a morris dance

verb

To move away rapidly; to decamp.

Example Sentences

"The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move; And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves."
"Across the page the symbols moved in grave morrice, in the mummery of their letters, wearing quaint caps of squares and cubes."
"Zounds! here they are. Morrice! Prance!"
"Up with you, on your pins. There: now then, Morrice!"

Inflected Forms

morrices (plural) morrices (present, singular) morricing (participle, present) morriced (participle, past) morriced (past)

Derived Forms

morricer

Questions

What does morrice mean?: A morris dance.

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