Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

onhanger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: on-hang-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which, or one who, hangs on to, relies on, or is dependent upon another; a dependent.

Example Sentences

"He was one of Queen Mary's Papists, and now he is one of Queen Elizabeth's Protestants ; he was an onhanger of the Abbot of Abingdon, and now he lives as master of the manor-house."
"The seemingly widespread belief that aphasia is almost exclusively an onhanger of the apoplectic state seems to necessitate emphasizing the fact that some."
"The form is has no place in these sentences and seems to have been imported into them as an onhanger of it."

Etymology

From on- + hanger. Compare West Frisian oanhinger, Dutch aanhanger, German Anhänger.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: on

Inflected Forms

onhangers (plural) on-hanger (alternative)

Phrases

hanger-on

Frequently Paired Words

hanger-on

Questions

What does onhanger mean?: That which, or one who, hangs on to, relies on, or is dependent upon another; a dependent.
Where does onhanger come from?: From on- + hanger. Compare West Frisian oanhinger, Dutch aanhanger, German Anhänger.

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