thwittle
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "your Absolute Certainty would be thwittled into sufficient Certainty"
- "Merc. […]And that in Jove's great dining Room, We were with each one a good thwittle Again set down to swill, and vittle, Provided (Signior) do you see, That you should not the Carver be[…]"
- "“Marry, what is't?” cried one fellow[…]“Is't a thwittle shaft?” “Ay, or it may be the half of a shuttle,” said another; “dost note, it tapers to the end, and is biggest i' the middle? I warrant Saint Dunstan was a clothier, and made many an ell of stout broella.” “'Tis more like he was a butcher,” cried one of that fraternity, “if ye go by likes; for 'tis the very model of a thwittle shaft, and white ash to boot.”"
- "The butcher stood in the door-way, beating time with his thwittle, and humming[…]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: thwitel