Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skirted

/skˈɝtɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: skirt-ed
IPA: /skˈɝtɪd/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wearing a skirt.

adj

Having a skirt.

adj

adj

Passed around; evaded.

adj

Narrowly missed.

verb

simple past and past participle of skirt

Example Sentences

"[…] a small glass box in which you wander, swivel, waver, flashing your flesh like a skirted girl doing cartwheels on the lawn."
"Carefully the child tried to cover her deformed leg under her skirted pyjamas."
"Women should wear skirted suits or dresses with dress shoes; pantsuits are not usually worn."
"The women whose new jobs required pants, overalls, or skirted uniforms broke dramatically with convention."
"a skirted topic of conversation"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Old Norse skyrtabor. Middle English skyrte English skirt English -ed English skirted From skirt + -ed.

Derived Forms

unskirted

Phrases

hobble-skirted pencil-skirted poodle-skirted

Frequently Paired Words

hobble-skirted pencil-skirted poodle-skirted

Synonyms

beskirted skirty

Rhymes With

converted deserted asserted diverted inverted alerted perverted reverted exerted averted flirted subverted

Questions

How do you pronounce skirted?: The recorded pronunciation is /skˈɝtɪd/.
What does skirted mean?: Wearing a skirt.
Where does skirted come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Old Norse skyrtabor. Middle English skyrte English skirt English -ed English skirted From skirt + -ed.

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