Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pricket

/ˈpɹɪkɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prick-et
IPA: /ˈpɹɪkɪt/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

noun

A spike for holding a single candle.

noun

A male deer in its second year, whose antlers have not yet branched.

Example Sentences

"Lighting their way with tallow candles on pewter prickets."
"Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, spitter"
"he can stay / For the new-mown hay, / And startle the dappled prickets?"

Etymology

From Middle English precat, preket, priket, pryket; equivalent to prick + -et. Earlier currency of the Middle English word is apparently implied by surnames and borrowings into Latin and Anglo-Norman.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: precat
Suffix: prick

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈpɹɪkɪt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

prickets (plural)

Synonyms

brocket knobber knobbler spitter

Rhymes With

ticket cricket wicket picket thicket spigot snicket

Questions

How do you pronounce pricket?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹɪkɪt/.
What does pricket mean?: A candle.
Where does pricket come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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