rough diamond
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "By what power he drew after him the hearts of the roughest, and the Tail Twisters counted in their ranks some rough diamonds indeed, was a mystery to both skipper and C.O., who learned from the regimental chaplain that Bobby was considerably more in request in the hospital tents than the Reverend John Emery."
- "Depardieu will always remain in France’s collective imagination as a rough diamond, saved from a life of delinquency by the power of the French language and the great texts of literature and theatre."