Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwinnowed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-win-nowed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"While stooping over to fill his fan with unwinnowed grain, the buck, taking advantage of his position, came like a catapult against him, and sent him like a ball from a Paixhan gun, head foremost into the chaff."
"A few miles away the loud Niagara of London runs swift, and the air vibrates with all the tumult of the strenuous life of man; but here the air is dead, unwinnowed by any clamorous wind, unshaken by any planetary motion."

Etymology

From un- + winnowed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Questions

What does unwinnowed mean?: Not winnowed.
Where does unwinnowed come from?: From un- + winnowed.

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