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scruton

/ˈskɹuː.tən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
scru-ton
IPA
/ˈskɹuː.tən/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2992).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Skurfa + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Scrutons (plural)

Derived Forms

Scrutonian

Rhymes With

newton gluten luton wootton bruton wooten hooton crouton wooton rutan brewton lewton

Questions

How do you pronounce scruton?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskɹuː.tən/.
What does scruton mean?
A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2992).
Where does scruton come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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