Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playday

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: play-day
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A day devoted to play or fun.

Example Sentences

"July 28 1728, Jonathan Swift, My Lady's Lamentation and Complaint against the Dean To ease a poor lady, And beg her a playday. So may you be seen No more in the spleen!"

Etymology

From play + day.

Inflected Forms

playdays (plural)

Synonyms

playtime

Questions

What does playday mean?: A day devoted to play or fun.
Where does playday come from?: From play + day.

How to pronounce playday

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