smellie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
noun
Example Sentences
- "Once Robert Smellie found her in a ruinous kirk on the Lang Muir, where of old the idolatrous rites of Rome were practiced."
- "Poor Mhairi Smellie. Her first name, a Scots Gaelic name, was pronounced "vary", which sounded close to very. The name Smellie was common enough in Scotland, but to be called something which sounded like "very smelly" was a singular misfortune, and indicative, surely, of a lack of parental foresight."