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sodom and gomorrah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
sodom and -go-mor-rah
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A city or place full of sin and vice.

verb

To borrow.

Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the names of the cities in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, were destroyed by God for the sins of their inhabitants. More at Sodom and Gomorrah.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Sodom and Gomorrahs (present, singular) Sodom and Gomorrahing (participle, present) Sodom and Gomorrahed (participle, past) Sodom and Gomorrahed (past)

Questions

What does sodom and gomorrah mean?
A city or place full of sin and vice.
Where does sodom and gomorrah come from?
From the names of the cities in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, were destroyed by God for the sins of their inhabitants. More at Sodom and Gomorrah.

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