outstate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of the part of a state of the United States that is away from major metropolitan areas.
adv
To a part of a state of the United States away from major metropolitan areas.
Example Sentences
- "In Minnesota, an anticipated reduction of world trade by 15% to 33% threatens not just individual companies, but communities, especially in the outstate area, he said."
- "I go outstate to spend time in nature."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English outstate From out- + state.