Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smatterer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: smat-ter-er
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who smatters; one who dabbles in or experiments with a little bit of everything, especially knowledge.

Example Sentences

"It’s easy enough to be a beak when you’re young and athletic, and can offer the latest University smattering. The difficulty is to keep your place when you get old and stiff, and younger smatterers are pushing up behind you."

Etymology

From smatter + -er.

Inflected Forms

smatterers (plural)

Questions

What does smatterer mean?: One who smatters; one who dabbles in or experiments with a little bit of everything, especially knowledge.
Where does smatterer come from?: From smatter + -er.

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