Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strutter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: strut-ter
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

someone who struts

Example Sentences

"Which is the boaster, the strutter, the bedizener of his sinful carcase with feathers and beads, fox-tails and bears' claws,--the brave, or his poor little squaw?"
"First there's the Grimshaw o' greed--swinish, heartless greed--the other is the Grimshaw o' vanity--the strutter, with sword at belt, who would have men bow or flee before him.""
"I imagined Queer Nation as a collection of bizarros who celebrated every outlawed characteristic in our one nation under Helms. I imagined nose rings and strutters and opinionated students and men in lipstick. Sounded like my kind of crowd."

Etymology

From Middle English stroutere; equivalent to strut + -er.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: stroutere
Suffix: strut

Inflected Forms

strutters (plural)

Questions

What does strutter mean?: someone who struts
Where does strutter come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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