niobe
/ˈnaɪ.oʊ.bi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
noun
A crying woman; a woman who is bereaved or inconsolable.
Example Sentences
- "With which she followed my poore Fathers body / Like Niobe, all teares."
- "There is a word will Priam turne to stone, Make wells and Niobe’s of the maides and wiues."
- "But when a man has been ranging, like the painful bee, from flower to flower, perhaps for a month together, and the thoughts of home and wife begin to have their charms with him, to be received by a Niobe, who, like a wounded vine, weeps her vitals away, while she but involuntarily curls about him; how shall I be able to bear that?"
- "Here poor Mrs Vincy's spirit quite broke down, and her Niobe throat and good-humoured face were sadly convulsed."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Νιόβη (Nióbē).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Νιόβη
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnaɪ.oʊ.bi/
- British English: /ˈnʌɪ.ə.bi/