Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sunday driver

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables: sun-day -driv-er
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who drives slowly or inexpertly, as for leisure or sightseeing.

noun

One who drives infrequently, and often poorly.

Dated

Example Sentences

"I was eager to get there, but I got stuck behind one Sunday driver after another on that trip."
"Wallace is hardly your typical Sunday driver out on a jaunt in the countryside."

Etymology

From Sunday + driver, Sunday being a popular day for leisure driving.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

Sunday drivers (plural)

Questions

What does sunday driver mean?: One who drives slowly or inexpertly, as for leisure or sightseeing.
Where does sunday driver come from?: From Sunday + driver, Sunday being a popular day for leisure driving.

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