Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suddent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sud-dent
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of sudden.

Example Sentences

""Oysters and whitebait and a tin of pate, peaches and a pineapple and one of our fowls; well, a woman might like to give herself a nice little dinner once in a while, but not a bottle of wine at four shillings and a three and sixpenny tin of cigarettes, for I never will believe she's took to drink and smoking of a suddent, so own up, Mr. Widgett, it's a little dinner-party on your account.""

Etymology

From Middle English sodand, alternative form of sodeyn, by reanalysis of the ending as -and, -end, -ent (“present participle suffix”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sodand

Derived Forms

suddently

Questions

What does suddent mean?: Alternative form of sudden.
Where does suddent come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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