Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stramazoun

/stɹɑ.ma.zuːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stra-ma-zoun
IPA: /stɹɑ.ma.zuːn/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A direct descending blow with the sword edge.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"But I (being loth to take the deadly advauntage that lay before mee of his left ſide) made a kind of stramazoun, ran him vp to the hilts, through the Doublet, through the Shirt, and yet miſt the skin."
"Thy fincture, carricade, and sly passata, Thy stramazon, and resolute stoccata."
"There were others that made it their glory to pass for Hectors, sons of Priam, brothers of the blade; and talked of nothing but attacks, combats, reverses, stramazons, stoccados;[…]"

Etymology

From Italian stramazzone.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: stramazzone

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

stramazouns (plural) stramazon (alternative)

Synonyms

estramacon

Questions

How do you pronounce stramazoun?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɹɑ.ma.zuːn/.
What does stramazoun mean?: A direct descending blow with the sword edge.
Where does stramazoun come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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