stepford
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Docile, unthinking and conformist.
adj
Attractive but lacking any character.
Example Sentences
- "“He called you a boring Stepford wife.” A boring Stepford wife, Molly thought. For a moment it seemed to her that she was once more in prison, eating the tasteless food, hearing the click of locks, lying awake for sleepless night after sleepless night."
- "So, when in a dorky Christmas town with Stepford people and themed shops, do as they do. Smile and act like you gave two shits about the person next to you."
- "Were the Nazis trying to infiltrate the U.S. Navy with an army of gonorrhea-infected Stepford clones?"
- "The woman seated behind the table looked up at him, smiling a Stepford smile. "Would you like to buy a chance to win a new Blazer? It's only five dollars." Rich shook his head, moved away from the table. "Not today.""
Etymology
Etymology tree English step Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértus Proto-Germanic *furduz Proto-West Germanic *furdu Old English ford English ford English Stepford From step + ford.