thwite
/θwaɪ̯t/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Other shot forth theyr Boltes, and wyth theyr Prouerbes proceedyng from their malicious Mouthes thwited the pore Women at their pleasure."
- "I knowe one of your crew who would not sweare for no good, and vsed ordinarilie to pray with his mé in his chamber, and yet beeing at a Knights house, where hee had good entertaynemét, they prayed so hartilie amongst them, that for conscience sake they faire thwited me of a valence of a bedde, and caried that & a piece of plate with them to the value of twentie nobles at the least."
- "Now then: this great storme, we see is past, and ouerblowne: and this terrible accusation, is much like to a Sampsons post, thwited to a pudding pricke, as the Prouerbe is. Well now: what more? We must not yet so go away. […]"
- "The Iewes say, it was his Nic-name, or name of disgrace; that in scorne they called him so. For that, all his credit (forsooth) came, by casting a stone, and hitting Goliah, by chance, right in the fore-head: and so, they thwited him with that name. They gave it him, in scorne: but he bare it, in earnest."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: thwiten, þwītan, *þwītaną