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piccadill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pic-cadill
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large, broad lace collar from the 17th century.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Possibly from Spanish picadillo, from picado (“punctured, pierced”); compare 17th century Spanish picadura (“a similar lace collar”).

Inflected Forms

piccadills (plural) picadill (alternative) piccadell (alternative) piccadil (alternative) piccadilly (alternative) pickadell (alternative) pickadil (alternative) pickadill (alternative) pickadilly (alternative)

Derived Forms

Piccadilly

Questions

What does piccadill mean?
A large, broad lace collar from the 17th century.
Where does piccadill come from?
Possibly from Spanish picadillo, from picado (“punctured, pierced”); compare 17th century Spanish picadura (“a similar lace collar”).

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