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shrovetide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
shrove-tide
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.

Etymology

From shrove + -tide.

Inflected Forms

Shrovetides (plural)

Phrases

Royal Shrovetide football Shrovetide football

Synonyms

fastens fasterns-een fastgang-tide

Questions

What does shrovetide mean?
The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
Where does shrovetide come from?
From shrove + -tide.

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