Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: prad
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; Dated; Informal

Example Sentences

"Horse Stealers, they go together always the Day before, to look over the Grounds for a good Prad or Prads […]"
"We had fixed our eye on a horse-dealer, and had some conversation with him about the purchase of a prad; but we could not agree, and parted, on account of a deeker, who was eyeing us closely, and I observed him speak to the jockey."
"'Just send somebody out to relieve my mate, will you, young man?' said the officer; 'he's in the gig, a-minding the prad. […]'"
"1893, Ernest Favenc, "Bunthorp's Decease" in Tales of the Austral Tropics, London: Osgood, MacIlvaine & Co., 1894, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600691h.html "Not a bad sort of a prad that brown one," he remarked; "looks a little gone in the near fore-leg.""
"So smooth of face, so fine of eye, so much a beautiful part of his beautiful chestnut prad."

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch paard (“horse”). Doublet of palfrey.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: paard

Usage

Inflected Forms

prads (plural)

Questions

What does prad mean?: A horse.
Where does prad come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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