Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: pat-ed
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a pate or a particular type of pate (head)

Example Sentences

"long-pated"
"shallow-pated"

Etymology

From pate + -ed.

Derived Forms

addlepated baldpated clodpated dunderpated featherpated maggotpated shatterpated twitterpated

Phrases

crazy-pated maggot-pated woolly-pated wool-pated

Questions

What does pated mean?: Having a pate or a particular type of pate (head)
Where does pated come from?: From pate + -ed.

How to pronounce pated

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