oenone
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Example Sentences
- "They went to that fair villa by the sea; and pleasantly did many a morn pass in the large hall, on whose frescoed walls was painted the story of Œnone, she whom the Trojan prince left, only to return and die at her feet."
- "'Dinah and Oenone Lendrim.' 'I-now-ny? What the fuck kind of name's that?' 'Greek mythological.' Sam smiled, knowing Gibbs would assume he knew this because his father was Greek. 'She's Nonie for all practical purposes. She and her sister Dinah are the children of Sharon Lendrim.'"
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Oenōnē, from Ancient Greek Οἰνώνη (Oinṓnē).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Oenone, Οἰνώνη
Inflected Forms
Œnone (alternative)