Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tailzie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tailzie
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.

Etymology

From French tailler (“to cut”). See tail (“a limitation”). For the z, compare etymology of English Mackenzie.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: tailler

Inflected Forms

tailzies (plural) tailzee (alternative) tailye (alternative)

Questions

What does tailzie mean?: An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.
Where does tailzie come from?: It is traced to French.

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