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thorndike

/θˈɔɹndɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables
thorndike
IPA
/θˈɔɹndɪk/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in the city of Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a sort of palisade made with thornbushes, from Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + dīc (“ditch; dike”). The town was named after Israel Thorndike, a landowner.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Thorndikes (plural) Thorndyke (alternative)

Derived Forms

Thorndikean

Questions

How do you pronounce thorndike?
The recorded pronunciation is /θˈɔɹndɪk/.
What does thorndike mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does thorndike come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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