Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regmaker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: reg-mak-er
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A drink or medicine taken as a hangover cure.

Example Sentences

"It is dark inside after the bright sun but I feel for my chair and reach for the salt for my eggs and I hear him say in a slow begging voice Anna get me a regmaker."

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans regmaker, from reg (“right”) + maker (“maker”).

Inflected Forms

regmakers (plural) regemaker (alternative) regmaaker (alternative)

Synonyms

pick-me-up

Questions

What does regmaker mean?: A drink or medicine taken as a hangover cure.
Where does regmaker come from?: Borrowed from Afrikaans regmaker, from reg (“right”) + maker (“maker”).

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