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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porlock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
por-lock
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS8846).

verb

To interrupt a person so as to prevent them from completing something important.

Etymology

From Old English Portloc, from port + loca, literally “harbour enclosure”.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

porlocks (present, singular) porlocking (participle, present) porlocked (participle, past) porlocked (past)

Derived Forms

Porlockian

Phrases

man from Porlock person from Porlock Porlock Weir West Porlock

Frequently Paired Words

Portlock

Questions

What does porlock mean?
A coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS8846).
Where does porlock come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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