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pettychaps

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pet-ty-chaps
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of small European passerine songbirds, including the willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), the chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus spp.), and the western Orphean warbler (Sylvia hortensis).

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably imitative of the bird’s call, with influence from petty (“small”) and either chap (“jaw; bill of a bird”) or chap (“person”). Alternatively, perhaps directly from petty (in turn from Middle English pety (“tiny”)) and chaps (“jaws”). Attested from the 1670s.

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Questions

What does pettychaps mean?
Any of several species of small European passerine songbirds, including the willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), the chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus spp.), and the western Orphean warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
Where does pettychaps come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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