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nuckelavee

/nʌklɑːˈviː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nuck-elavee
IPA
/nʌklɑːˈviː/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aquatic horse-like demon from Orcadian mythology, said to cause droughts and epidemics and to harm crops and animals.

Etymology

From Orcadian Scots knoggelvi, from Scots neugle (“water spirit in the form of a horse”). Related to English nicker (“water demon”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: knoggelvi, neugle

Inflected Forms

nuckelavees (plural) nuckalavee (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce nuckelavee?
The recorded pronunciation is /nʌklɑːˈviː/.
What does nuckelavee mean?
An aquatic horse-like demon from Orcadian mythology, said to cause droughts and epidemics and to harm crops and animals.
Where does nuckelavee come from?
From Orcadian Scots knoggelvi, from Scots neugle (“water spirit in the form of a horse”). Related to English nicker (“water demon”).

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