on high
/ɑn ˈhaɪ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.72 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, / They cannot see the Sun on high; / The wind hath blown a gale all day, / At evening it hath died away."
- "His [a horse's] back would be so glossy, / His sides so smooth and brown, / I'd have to hold his collar / To keep from slipping down! / And jogging on the roadway, / The people passing by / Would turn to smile at Bonny / With me set up on high."
- "Who is like vnto the Lord our God: who dwelleth on high: […]"
- "The trumpet ſhall be heard on high, / The dead ſhall live, the living die, / And Muſic ſhall untune the ſky."
- "According to those on high, taxes need to increase again."
Etymology
From Middle English on heigh, on an heigh (“in or into heaven; up to heaven”) [and other forms], from Old English on hēagum (“on high”); hēagum is an inflected form of hēah (“high; tall”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“height; to elevate”). The English word is equivalent to on + high. Compare Dutch omhoog (“upwards, on high”), West Frisian omheech (“upwards”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɑn ˈhaɪ/
- British English: /ɒn ˈhaɪ/