roomie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

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noun

Informal

"“The bed is amazing,” he said and grinned. “Good night, roomie,” he said and chuckled."
"“Don't you dare, roomie,” he murmured, moving his lips to her jaw."
"The last thing she remembers before drifting off to sleep is seeing her roomie use a disposable razor to shave someone's head."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English -ie English roomie From room + -ie.

roomies (plural) roomy (alternative)

roommate roomy

gloomy roomy doomy boomy cumae rheumy bloomy zoomy spumy fumy broomy womby

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