remise
/ɹɪˈmaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise.
Obsolete
noun
A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.
noun
The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.
Example Sentences
- "long before we had got to the door of the remise, Fancy had finished the whole head"
- "[T]his technique implied the existence of garages specializing in "stage-automobile" operations, but I never could discover the remises he used […]."
- "[H]e actually departed from Paris with two or three gentlemen of his acquaintance, who had hired a Remise for a jaunt to Versailles; and having accompanied them as far as the village of Passé, returned in the dusk of the evening on foot."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈmaɪz/
- British English: /ɹɪˈmʌɪz/