serge
/sɝd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To overlock.
Example Sentences
- "Lucy, who had only seen her in either the large loose wrapping dress of serge, or in the quaint simplicity of the Puritanic garb, then so general in England, could not restrain an exclamation of admiration as she returned to their chamber."
- "What I noticed most strongly was his smell, of hair oil and serge and cigarette smoke, and something else, something intimate and sour and wholly, shockingly other."
Etymology
From Middle English sarge, from Old French sarge, serge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silken, silk things”), from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Doublet of silk and seric.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɝd͡ʒ/
- British English: /sɜːd͡ʒ/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.