slaten

/ˈsleɪtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

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Meaning

adj

Literary

name

"It is twilight time: the sun has gone away over the hill, and has left only crimson clouds for his rising token. Sitting down on the slaten rock, and looking westward, I said: ‘It will be fair to-morrow.’ Then, close by me, some one said: ‘Fair, to-morrow.’"
"Then she floated away and left me lying on the slaten rock."

From slate + -en (“made of”).

Slatens (plural)

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Questions

How do you pronounce slaten?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsleɪtən/.

What does slaten mean?

Made of slate.

Where does slaten come from?

From slate + -en (“made of”).

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