Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nine days' wonder

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: nine -days' -won-der
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of nine day wonder.

Example Sentences

"The pleasant scandal which arose next day, / The nine days' wonder which was brought to light, / And how Alfonso sued for a divorce, / Were in the English newspapers, of course."
"Everybody else was thinking of his breakdown; some with real sorrow and sympathy; others as of any other nine-days' wonder,—pretty much as if the favorite for the Derby had broken down; others with ill-concealed triumph, for Blake had many enemies amongst the men."
"As the matter is to be a "nine days' wonder," they are evidently determined that there shall be no cause of after complaint."
"In his letter to this journal Mr. Lawrence remarked that some traders were waiting to see if "Condor" was merely a nine days' wonder before scheduling its use by their goods."

Inflected Forms

nine days' wonders (plural)

Rhymes With

under land under wonder nine-day wonder thunder blunder plunder asunder funder sunder dunder thereunder

Questions

What does nine days' wonder mean?: Alternative form of nine day wonder.

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