Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nitter

/ˈnɪtə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nit-ter
IPA: /ˈnɪtə(ɹ)/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A louse that deposits nits on horses.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[The bots] were hatched, into (what is called in the country) a horse-bee or nitter."
"The last three species are the nitters so well known in this country; particularly the leg and throat nitters. It is the received opinion that the nits on the legs of horses, are taken into the mouth of the horse, conveyed into the intestines, and at length become the bot larva."
"If the "throat nitter" (Œ veterinus) is the true bot however, […] it must be evident that the remedy proposed […] is at least doubtful […]"

Etymology

From nit + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nit

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈnɪtə(ɹ)/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

nitters (plural)

Synonyms

horse-bee

Homonyms

knitter

Rhymes With

twitter bitter glitter hitter sitter fitter splitter critter quitter shitter jitter witter

Questions

How do you pronounce nitter?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɪtə(ɹ)/.
What does nitter mean?: A louse that deposits nits on horses.
Where does nitter come from?: From nit + -er.

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