Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sandcorn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sand-corn
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grain of sand.

noun

Anything causing irritation or discomfort.

Example Sentences

"[…] overflowing all with golden splendour, gilding mountains, trees, and grass, making all flowers glow in brilliant colours, throwing bright sparks upon each sandcorn, and causing golden waves to roll in the river of the plain."
"It was the tradition of image-making which carried in its stream, as it were, those indispensable sandcorns of tasks."

Etymology

From Middle English *sandcorn, from Old English sandcorn, from Proto-West Germanic *sandakorn, from Proto-Germanic *samdakurną, equivalent to sand + corn. Cognate with Dutch zandkoren, German Sandkorn, Swedish sandkorn, Icelandic sandkorn.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *sandcorn, sandcorn, *sandakorn, *samdakurną

Inflected Forms

sandcorns (plural)

Questions

What does sandcorn mean?: A grain of sand.
Where does sandcorn come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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