upspeaker
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who speaks with upspeak, or the raising of intonation at the end of statements.
Example Sentences
- "The upspeak rule is applied non-systematically, i.e. upspeakers do not convert all RP falling tones to rising tones, even where the structural conditions for the operation of the rule are fulfilled."
Etymology
From upspeak + -er.