rosemond
/ɹˈoʊzmənd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
name
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Example Sentences
- "Sometimes Tacy enlivened the envelope by putting the stamp on upside down to signify love, or by addressing her with some grandiloquent string of names such as Miss Elizabetha Gwendolyn Madeline Angeline Rosemond Ray, or by adding BC for Best Chum or HHAS for Herbert Humphreys Admiration Society."
- "Dr. Rosemond Tuve, professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and an authority on 17th‐century English literature, died here Saturday night."
- "At Salley and Smith’s trial, in 2002, where each had separate juries, the prosecutor relied on forensic evidence and the testimony of Rosemond Dane and Anthony Veader, the two survivors, who couldn’t definitively say who fired the shots."
Etymology
* A variant of Rosamond; see Roseman. * From French Rosemond, the male equivalent of the female given name Rosemonde; see Roseman.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: Rosemond