tyrone
/taɪˈɹoʊn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled."
- "Of the Society of them there are threeſcore and no more. But of thoſe punies, thoſe tyrones that are brought vp vnder thoſe threeſcore, there are no leſſe then a thouſand and fiue hundred, vvho haue certaine other Schooles in the tovvne farre remote from this Colledge, vvhich ſerueth for another Seminary to inſtruct their Nouices."
- "[T]he chirurgeons have an useful practice, by which they put their apprentices and tyrones to work upon senseless dead bodies, to which, as they can do no good, so they certainly can do as little harm; while at the same time the tyro, or apprentice, gains experience, and becomes fit to whip off a leg or arm from a living subject, as cleanly as ye would slice an onion."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Tír Eoghain, tirone, tīrō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /taɪˈɹoʊn/
- British English: /taɪˈɹəʊn/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Obsolete
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
County Tyrone