vectensian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
of or from the Isle of Wight.
noun
someone from the Isle of Wight
Example Sentences
- "This probability is strengthened by the enthusiastic praises Wilkes always bestowed on the native charms of the lower class of Vectensian females; and in his hours of levity with the companions of his gallantries, he always distinguished it by the name of Cyprus."
- "Of a similar type, but dealing with a less cultivated, less fertile field, is the anthology of Vectensian verse, Poets of the Wight, compiled by Charles J. Arnell."
- "Equally satisfying to the connoisseur is the poem Cupid and Euphrospie by Percy Goddard Stone, a Vectensian poet whose work never really made it on the mainland."
- "I have never been able to appreciate nor to understand why it is that Vectensians are constantly challenged to explain why they live in the Isle of Wight at all."
- "In reality, a readily agreed confederation seems the most likely course for Vectensians in AD 43."
- "The Isle of Wight had been a winter port for Danish and Norse ships off and on for a century or more, and during this decade the Vectensians had begun to welcome visits by such ships."