ormolu
/ˈɔɹməˌlu/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Had he deemed it "wisest, best," Mr. O'Donagough was not without the means of furnishing a splendid mansion in very showy style, and yet not leaving a single morsel of lacker, or or-molu, unpaid for."
- "It is an old-fashioned space of pink-and-green trellis carpet and French ormolu, half-concealed by heavy brocade curtains."
- "At one of the ormolu tables, near a lamp with a pink shade, Gaston insisted on making at least a partial statement."
- ""He [R. L. Stevenson] took his mother?" I repeated, off guard, and he replied, turning a quick back flip of satisfaction, "Yeah, and his ormolu clock, and all his furniture from Edinburgh.""
- "But I have seen apartments in the tenure of Americans—men of exceedingly moderate means yet rara aves of good taste—which, in negative merit at least, might vie with any of the or-molued cabinets of our friends across the water."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: or moulu
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɔɹməˌlu/
- British English: /ˈɔː(ɹ)məˌluː/