Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ragged robin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: ragged robin
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of wild campion (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi), in the family Caryophyllaceae, which grows across Europe and has pink flowers.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Paul came back and threaded daisies in her jet black hair, big spangles of white and yellow, and just a pink touch of ragged robbin."
"He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin."

Etymology

From ragged + robin, probably because of the untidy appearance of its petals.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

ragged robins (plural) ragged robbin (alternative) ragged-robin (alternative)

Synonyms

cuckoo flower lychnis flos-cuculi lychnis floscuculi

Questions

What does ragged robin mean?: A type of wild campion (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi), in the family Caryophyllaceae, which grows across Europe and has pink flowers.
Where does ragged robin come from?: From ragged + robin, probably because of the untidy appearance of its petals.

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