span-new
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Had Augustine been archbishop of London, he might have seemed to succeed the British archbishops, and to have derived some right from them, contrary to his humour, who would lead all, but follow none; and therefore would not wear an old title, but have a span-new archbishop's chair carved out for himself."
- "[H]e was very nicely dressed, and wore a span-new velvet vest, a real English broadcloth coat, gold watch with gold seals; […]"
- "The newes he tels you, is of some new flesh, Lately broke vp, span new, hote piping fresh"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: span-neue, spān-nȳr